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 ...
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 ...
May 8 (UPI) --A statue of Arkansas civil rights leader Daisy Gatson Bates was unveiled Wednesday ... told AFRO News. "It is an honor to be a member of this body as we enshrine her legacy." ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
She is a well-known civil rights figure in Arkansas, where a downtown street in the capital, Little Rock, is named in her honor. The state also marks Daisy Bates Day on Presidents Day. Benjamin ...
Bates, who headed the state NAACP, mentored the Black students known as the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957. She is a well-known civil rights figure in Arkansas, where a ...
Arkansas officials prefer a statue of Daisy Bates to represent the state over a lesser-known white man. Arkansas is commemorating civil rights icon Daisy Gatson Bates this week by installing her ...
I put on the table a deck of Black history cards. He went through the stack and picked out the ones he wanted me to talk about. The first one was Daisy Bates. The reason that was such a pleasant ...