Daisy Bates

Daisy Lee Gatson Bates, a civil rights activist and mentor to the Little Rock Nine, the African-American students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock (Pulaski County); circa 1960.

African-American woman wearing dark colored dress with double strain shell necklace

Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Education / Educational Issues and Controversies / School Segregation and Desegregation

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Female

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