US Congress Building on Black Statue

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] In recent years, many statues of representatives of the southern federal federals have been removed from the United States. According to the Associated Press report on the 13th, the US Congress Building replaced the statue of the black female educator Mary Bei Song.In order to replace the statue of the Southern Federation General Edmond Smith.

Mary Bei Song was born in a slave family in South Carolina in 1875. She began to participate in black education in 1895.In addition, she has also served as a special consultant of ethnic minority affairs of former US President Roosevelt.It is reported that the statue is the first black female statue of the US Congress Building.

In June last year, the US House of Representatives passed the bill aimed at removing the statue of the Southern Confederation of Southern Confederations during the Middle -South and South China War of the United States Congress.(Zhang Yingying)

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