Daisy Bates

Civil rights leader Daisy Gatson Bates listens to a program prior to receiving an honorary degree at the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County); May 12, 1984.

Black woman in glasses and academic robes seated on stage amid white men

Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

Media

Time Period

Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform (1968–2022)

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Female

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