In Arkansas, the third Monday in February has a name that isn't shared by any other state: George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day.Bates was an Arkansas journalist and civil rights ...

WASHINGTON -- Civil-rights leader Daisy Bates joined a short list of Americans honored at the U.S. Capitol as Arkansas and national leaders on Wednesday unveiled a bronze statue of the activist best ...

It amazes me how much focus there is on African-American history in the months of January and February, with programs and events relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday and African-American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A picture of Daisy Bates' statue is displayed in the front window of the late civil rights leader's home in Little Rock, Arkansas ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — On May 8, 2024, Arkansas Civil Rights icon Daisy Gatson Bates took her place among some of our nation's heroes at Statutory Hall in Washington, D.C. About five years ago, ...

A statue of late civil rights pioneer Daisy Bates is one step closer to being completed and replacing an image of a white supremacist currently housed in the U.S. Capitol. The statue of Bates will be ...

IN WASHINGTON, I'M JULIA BENBROOK. THE ARKANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST DAISY GATSON BATES WILL SOON HAVE A STATUE IN WASHINGTON D-C. BATES WAS MANY THINGS, INCLUDING A STATE ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A marker commemorating the historical significance of Daisy Bates' home is unveiled at an event in Little Rock, Arkansas on ...

A statue of civil rights activist Daisy Gatson Bates will be unveiled at the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol on May 8. The U.S. Capitol building will soon be home to a new statue of Daisy ...

A house on the southern edge of Little Rock described as the "command post of desegregation" received a new recognition Tuesday. The former home of Daisy Gatson Bates, a civil rights icon and ...