A statue of Daisy Bates ... but moved to Little Rock in 1941, where she and her husband, Lucious Christopher “L.C.” Bates, ...

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 ...

Unveiled: Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash,” a documentary from filmmaker Nathan Willis that “explores the creation and ...

The Little Rock Nine sounds like it could be the name of a baseball team playing in Arkansas' capital city, and for three nights during the 2025 season, it will be. The story behind the name ...

ExploreKnow your Atlanta civil rights icons: Maynard Jackson Jr. But on that day, as the Little Rock Nine arrived at the campus led by Daisy Bates (president of the Arkansas NAACP), the Arksansas ...

The Little Rock parking enforcement unit won't give tickets for metered and timed spaces Monday in observance of Washington's Birthday/Daisy Gatson Bates Day. However, metered parking at the ...

Community leaders gathered to honor the lasting contributions of African Americans in the state and across the country, including civil rights advocate Daisy Bates and poet and activist Maya Angelou, ...

Black history is even felt here in the central Arkansas area ... 2025 marks 'Daisy Bates Day,' honoring the life and legacy of a mentor to the Little Rock Nine members and a longtime civil ...

The governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus ... Key fact The black students at Little Rock continued to be encouraged and helped by Daisy Bates, despite the violent harassment she faced herself.