Arkansas Historical Quarterly, April 1st, 2000
ON NOVEMBER 4, 1999, ARKANSAS and America lost a freedom fighter when Daisy Bates died at the age of eighty-four.1 Fortunately, Daisy Bates's efforts for justice and equality had received the recognition they deserved during her lifetime. She was praised by Eleanor Roosevelt, commended by the Arkansas General Assembly, and honored at a conference in Little Rock in September 1997 marking the fortieth anniversary of the integration of Central High School, an earthshaking event in which she had played a central role.2 In death, she received further recognition for her activism in the name of huma...
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