MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

Events all over Central Florida were held on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday to honor the work of the iconic civil rights leader.

A bronze statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled at a Daytona Beach park.

Though miles away from Washington, D.C., Daytona Beach residents and Bethune Cookman University students made a point to celebrate the unveiling of the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune statue in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune has became the first Black person elevated by a state for recognition in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

The U.S Capitol’s Statuary Hall unveiled a marble statue of Mary McLeod Bethune on Wednesday.

From marble to masterpiece, the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune statue exhibit the Lakeshore Center in Ocoee takes visitors on a journey of the educator’s life and how she’s being honored at the Capitol.

A bronze statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune is coming to a new park in Daytona Beach, and the Volusia County Council is helping to pay for it.

A historic, marble statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled in Daytona Beach Monday.

The long-awaited statue of Mary McLeod Bethune made its way into Daytona Beach Wednesday morning.

Mary McLeod Bethune statue to soon stand in U.S. Capitol.

A female bicyclist was hurt in a crash with a Daytona Beach police officer Tuesday morning.

In honor of Black History Month, News 6 is remembering Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. AdThe Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation in Daytona Beach. (The Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation)It features an elderly Bethune handing a copy of her legacy over to two young black children. To learn more about Bethune and her legacy, you can visit the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation. The historic home is on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University, at 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard in Daytona Beach, FL 32114.