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The statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in Jersey City, New Jersey is located in the Greenville section. It honors the educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 – 1955).[1]

Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune
Artist	Alvin Petit
Year	2021
Type	Bronze
Dimensions	9 ft (2.7 m) (height)
Location	Greenville Jersey City, New Jersey

It was dedicated on November 22, 2021 and marked the completion the namesake Bethune Park, which opened in August 2021,[2][3] and is across the from the Bethune Center on Martin Luther King Drive. The bronze 9 feet (2.7 m) tall statue on a 2.5 feet (0.76 m) marble pedestal is inspired by Bethune in her late 20s to early 30s.[4]

The statue was designed by Alvin Petit who said of the work: “As a broader significance, this also plays a role in linking our City with a national movement to erect monuments that symbolize diversity and inclusiveness. This will be the first statue in Jersey City to honor the legacy of an African American woman.”[5][6]

The inscription reads:

DR. MARY McCLEOD BETHUNE
July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955
EDUCATOR * STATEWOMEN * ACTIVIST * ENTREPRENEUR
"If we have the courage and tenacity of our
forebears who stood firmly like a rock against
the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do
for our day what they did for theirs."

See also

• List of public art in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune (disambiguation)
• Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial

References

External links

• Inscription of statue

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