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 ...
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 ...
IN WASHINGTON, I'M JULIA BENBROOK. THE ARKANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST DAISY GATSON BATES WILL SOON HAVE A STATUE IN WASHINGTON D-C. BATES WAS MANY THINGS, INCLUDING A STATE ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Locals in Little Rock are invited to watch the statue unveiling of civil rights leader Daisy Bates at Second Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon. The statue of Bates will be ...
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates arrives in Washington. On May 8, a statue of Bates was dedicated in Statuary Hall in Washington. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was present for this event. A second ...
Arkansas lawmakers have decided to replace statues at the U.S. Capitol due to little recognition of obscure historical figures. The new statues will represent civil rights leader Daisy Bates and ...
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 ...
You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — When Arkansas lawmakers decided five years ago to replace the statues ...
The Bates and Cash statues will replace ones depicting James P. Clarke, a former governor and U.S. senator in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and Uriah Rose, a 19th century attorney.