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Black educator Mary McLeod Bethune honored in Statuary Hall
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoFlorida commissioned the project after a grassroots campaign succeeded last year in removing a...
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoEducator Mary McLeod Bethune regularly wrote of her travels abroad. Robert Abbott Sengstacke via...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US...
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoCash and Bates will replace century-old Arkansas statues of James Paul Clarke and Uriah M. Rose in...
The 27 best new books to take on your 2023 summer vacation
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoSummer is finally approaching, which means that so is summer reading! We don't know why, but there's...
Sculptor Richard Hunt, whose work made an outsize impression in Chicago and across the country, dies...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoChicago sculptor Richard Hunt, whose abstract work includes the Ida B. Wells monument in Bronzeville...
Margaret Sanger Did Not Advocate 'Exterminating the Negro Population'
Snopes via Yahoo News UK· 9 months agoLibrary of Congress Catalog/Wikimedia Commons A quote from birth control advocate and sometime...
How Amelia Earhart Just Turned Up in the Halls of Congress
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoNathan Howard/GettyHere’s the rule: Each state gets two statues in the U.S. Capitol Building. They...
Philadelphia picks winning design for Harriet Tubman statue after controversy over original choice
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoThe city of Philadelphia has picked the winning design for a Harriet Tubman statue outside City Hall...
First look at Kerry Washington in Netflix's war drama
Digital Spy via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFirst look at Scandal star in Netflix's war dramaGetty Images Scandal actress Kerry Washington...
Sloane Stephens on her 'Bold' future: I want to do more than just say 'I play tennis.'
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sport· 4 months agoIn February for Black History Month, USA TODAY Sports is publishing the series "29 Black Stories in 29 Days." We examine the issues, challenges and opportunities Black athletes and sports officials ...