James E. Clyburn tweeted the following:
"SC's Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune spent her life fighting for equality and educating a new generation of Black women. She was one of my mom's greatest heroes.Today, she became the first Black American to represent a state in the National Statuary Hall collection in the U.S. Capitol."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from James E. Clyburn:
"Watch as we welcome the statue of educator, presidential advisor, and SC native Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune to the U.S. Capitol.With this honor, she will become the first Black American to have a statue sent to the Capitol by a state in the National Statuary Hall collection. twitter.com/speakerpelosi/"Read on Twitter
"A 2021 study projected the deadly impact of abortion banswith increased deaths disproportionately among Black women, who already face unconscionably high maternal mortality and are more likely to fall in the coverage gap. This unjust gap must be closed. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/art"Read on Twitter
"Women in many GOP-led states w/ high maternal mortality will now be forced to give birth. Medicaid expansion, while no substitute for abortion rights, reduces maternal deathsyet 12 states still refuse. We must close the coverage gap to save womens lives.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32111417/"Read on Twitter
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