LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Daisy Gatson Bates, a pivotal figure in Arkansas’ civil rights history, is being celebrated on what would have been her 111th birthday.
Known as the “mother of civil rights” in Arkansas, Bates played a crucial role in the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 by guiding the Little Rock Nine.
Daisy Bates, sometimes forgotten in history, was the president of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP during the mid 50’s when the struggles of Civil Rights had made its way to Little Rock…