Daisy Bates (activist)

Daisy Bates
Born
Daisy Lee Gatson

(1914-11-11)November 11, 1914
Huttig, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedNovember 4, 1999(1999-11-04) (aged 84)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Occupations
Known forLittle Rock Integration Crisis of 1957
Spouse
L. C. Bates
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(m. 1942)​

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.

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