Mary McLeod Bethune was a larger-than-life educator and activist whose legacy is now remembered with an eleven-foot tall, 6,000-pound statue carved by Nilda Comas. She used the last piece of statuary marble taken from the same Italian quarry used by Renaissance artist Michelangelo. The statue will represent Florida in the US Capitol building.
The Florida Historical Society Thanks Our Sponsors:
Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Art
Jessie Ball duPont Fund

This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Rossetter House Foundation

This project is sponsored in part by The Historic Rossetter House Museum.