WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was instrumental in desegregating Arkansas public schools in the 1950s, will be honored on Wednesday when a ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and Musician Johnny Cash will be honored with statues at the U.S. Capitol, representing the state of Arkansas. Bates' statue will be installed this ...
May 8 (UPI) --A statue of Arkansas civil rights leader Daisy Gatson Bates was unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. The statue of Bates and another statue of singer ...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and Musician Johnny Cash will be honored with statues at the U.S. Capitol, representing the state of Arkansas. Bates' statue will be installed this week, while Cash's ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was instrumental in desegregating Arkansas public schools in the 1950s, will be honored on Wednesday when a ...
The US Capitol will soon officially welcome two new, iconic figures. A statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her role as a mentor to the ...
The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was instrumental in desegregating Arkansas public schools in the 1950s, will be honored on Wednesday when a statue of her is unveiled ...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders and President of the Daisy Bates Foundation Charles King and other leaders clap as the Daisy Bates statue is unveiled in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall on May 8.
Officials plan to install statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates this week and musician Johnny Cash later this year. Bates, who headed the state NAACP, mentored the Black students known as the ...
Arkansas officials prefer a statue of Daisy Bates to represent the state over ... integration of Central High School in 1957, is being honored with a nearly 8-foot bronze statue.
A new statue at the U.S. Capitol honors Arkansas civil rights activist Daisy Gatson Bates. The eight foot bronze statue is in the National Statuary Hall. Bates has a newspaper in her arm, is holding a ...