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Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US Capitol
A statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her role as a mentor to the Little Rock Nine – a group of Black students who were the first to ...
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It’s Daisy Bates Day: Who was she and why do we celebrate?
Bates, along with the Little Rock Nine, faced many threats throughout ... the Arkansas General Assembly passed a law to replace prominent statues at the U.S. Capitol with statues of Daisy Bates ...