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 ...
Civil Rights leader Daisy Bates and Musician Johnny Cash are set to be commemorated with statues at the U.S. Capitol, representing Arkansas. Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and Musician Johnny Cash ...
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 ...
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.
More than a hundred people filled the pews at Little Rock’s Second Baptist Church Wednesday to watch the unveiling of civil rights leader Daisy Lee Gatson Bates’ statue in the National Statuary Hall.
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 ...
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WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was instrumental in desegregating Arkansas public schools in the 1950s, was honored with a statue of ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and Musician Johnny Cash will be honored with statues at the U.S. Capitol, representing the state of Arkansas. Bates' statue will be installed this ...
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 ...