Daisy Bates

During the Central High integration movements, Daisy and her husband, L.C Bates, helped the students keep up with their studies from the first day of school to the admitance date. Daisy was born in Huttig, AR in an all black community. Her husband owned the only black newspaper in the state, the Arkansas State Press. Mrs. Bates worked as representative and President of the NAACP Arkansas Chapter.

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