Daisy Bates- the Civil Rights Hero
The integration of schools was a big part of the Civil Rights Movement. These children that dared to enter the all-white school were all threatened and risked their lives. As many obstacles got in their way, they kept on fighting. This event became so huge that President Eisenhower got involved. One Civil Rights leader helped the children through these tough times, and was a natural leader. Daisy Bates was a Civil Rights leader whose work in the NAACP and Little Rock High School changed America. Daisy Lee Gatson was a determined little girl who was born on November 11th, 1914 in Huttig, Arkansas . Her childhood was very tough and cruel. Her Mother, Millie Riley was sexually assaulted and murdered
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She received a honorary degree from the University of Arkansas (“Daisy Bates- Activist, Journalist, Civil Rights Activist, Publisher”). She was asked to speak by organizations outside Arkansas. She even did a speech after martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington (“Daisy Bates, Unsung Heroine of the Civil Rights Movement”). She was the only woman who was allowed to speak at the March on Washington. She passed away in 1999, being the first African American to lie in state in the Arkansas Capitol (“Daisy Bates, Unsung Heroine of the Civil Rights Movement”). The day she died she was honored at the White House by Bill Clinton (“Daisy bates and the Little Rock Nine”). Daisy Lee Bates will be remembered as a guiding force behind the biggest battles for school integration in Nation’s history (Daisy Bates- Activist, Journalist, Civil Rights Activist, …show more content…
One of her biggest accomplishments was helping to desegregate the Little Rock High School. Daisy Bates received many awards for her outstanding work in the Civil Rights Movement.
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