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  2. The unfortunate death forced Bates to confront racism at an early age and pushed her to dedicate her life to ending racial injustice. Daisy Bates was born in Huttig, Arkansas in 1914 and raised in a foster home. When she was fifteen, she met her future husband and began travelling with him throughout the South.

  3. Daisy Bates (November 11, 1914 – November 4, 1999) was an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957.

  4. Sep 24, 2024 · Daisy Bates (born 1914?, Huttig, Arkansas, U.S.—died November 4, 1999, Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American journalist and civil rights activist who withstood economic, legal, and physical intimidation to champion racial equality, most notably in the integration of public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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  5. Apr 2, 2014 · Daisy Bates was an African American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher who documented the battle to end segregation in Arkansas.

  6. Jan 4, 2021 · Daisy Bates (November 11, 1914–November 4, 1999) was a journalist, newspaper publisher, and civil rights activist known for her role in supporting the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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  7. Nov 4, 1999 · The only woman to speak at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Bates later moved to Mitchellville, Arkansas, and became director of the Mitchellville Office of Equal Opportunity Self-Help Project. In 1999, following a series of strokes, she died at the age of 84.

  8. Nov 4, 1999 · Daisy Bates is an African American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher. Through her newspaper, Bates documented the battle to end segregation in Arkansas. For her amazing career in social activism, we celebrate her as an American hero. Bates was born, Daisy Gaston, in Huttig, Arkansas on November 11, 1914. Her childhood was filled ...