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Civil rights leader Daisy Bates honored with statue at U.S. Capitol
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 ...
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Central High School and Little Rock Nine member watch unveiling of Daisy Bates statue in Washington D.C.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Daisy Gatson Bates played a major role in the integration of the Little Rock Nine at Central High School in 1957. Wednesday in Washington D.C, a new bronze statue of a Civil ...