Daisy Bates (November 11, 1914 – November 4, 1999) was an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis …

For her work, the state of Arkansas proclaimed the third Monday in February, Daisy Gatson Bates Day. She was posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1999. In 2024, a statue of …

Daisy Bates (born 1914?, Huttig, Arkansas, U.S.—died November 4, 1999, Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American journalist and civil rights activist who withstood economic, legal, and physical …

Apr 2, 2014 · Daisy Bates was an African American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher who documented the battle to end segregation in Arkansas.

Jan 29, 2025 · Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was a mentor to the Little Rock Nine, the African American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. She and the …

Feb 21, 2022 · In 2001, the Arkansas legislature acknowledged the third Monday in February as Daisy Gaston Bates Day, but who exactly was Bates and why was she an influential figure in …

Nov 4, 1999 · Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was born in the south Arkansas sawmill community of Huttig (Union County), on November 11, 1914. As a child, she learned that her biological …

Daisy Gatson Bates was a trailblazer in the Civil Rights Movement and played an integral role in the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. She served as the president of the …

Jan 22, 2007 · Daisy Lee Gatson Bates died of a heart attack in Little Rock on November 4, 1999. She was the first African American to rest in state in the Arkansas State Capitol Building.

Born on November 11, 1914, in Huttig, Arkansas, Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was the president of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP, newspaper owner and editor, and key supporter of the …