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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON -- Civil-rights leader Daisy Bates joined a short list of Americans honored at the U.S. Capitol as Arkansas and national leaders on Wednesday unveiled a bronze statue of the activist ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — When Arkansas lawmakers decided five years ago to replace the statues representing the state at the U.S. Capitol, there was little objection to getting rid of the ...