Joe HendersonSeptember 12, 2021
16min1380
Buh-bye, Confederate statue.
Tag: Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith
Joe HendersonSeptember 12, 2021
Michael MolineApril 27, 2017
2min405
A resolution to depose Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, CSA, from his place in the National Statuary Hall collection and install Mary McLeon Bethune cleared the Senate Thursday on a voice vote. SCR 1360, by Perry Thurston, went to the House, where its future was uncertain. Smith is one of two historical figures whose likeness stands in […]
Jim RosicaJune 21, 2016
6min333
As interesting as who’s on the list to be the subject of Florida’s next statue in the U.S. Capitol may be who’s not on the list. Last week, the Department of State released 129 names submitted by the public as recommendations for a new statue in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. State lawmakers will make the final decision. […]
Guest AuthorMay 3, 20165min435
Now that the federal government has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, the state of Florida needs to find a good way to honor one of our own: Mary McLeod Bethune, the legendary educator who founded a school for African-American girls that grew into what is today Bethune-Cookman University. As some have […]
Guest AuthorMay 2, 2016
5min235
Now that the federal government has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, the state of Florida needs to find a good way to honor one of our own: Mary McLeod Bethune, the legendary educator who founded a school for African-American girls that grew into what is today Bethune-Cookman University. As some have […]