Daisybates

Daisy Bates

By salazaralyssa1

  • Born

    Daisy Lee Gatson Bates born in Huttig, Arkansas.

  • Married

    L.C. and Daisy got married Fordyce (Dallas County)

  • Arkansas State Press

    While she and her future husband were dating they joined together and began the newspaper.

  • President of NAACP

    Daisy Bates became the president of NAACP in 1952-1961 she served ten years.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Daisy leaded the first nine African-Americans to Central High School and white people spit on them.

  • Arrested

    Daisy got arrested for not turning over NAACP record.

  • Ended the Arkansas State Press

    Bycotts and poor advertising made the newspaper stop.

  • Published The Long Shadow of Little rock

    Daisy Bates published her first book in 1962 to explain what happend at the Little Rock crisis in her point of view.

  • Stroke

    She went to Baptist Hospital to get treted.

  • Projects in Mitchellville

    She worked on projects from 1966 to 1974 in Mitchellville, Arkansas.

  • L.C. Died

    her husband suffered with a heart attack and donated his body to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

  • Graduated College

    She graduated with a honoary Doctor of Laws degree at Shorter University.

  • Resurrected the Arkansas State Press

    In 1984 Daisy published her newspaper after her husbands death.

  • American Book Awards

    Daisy won the American Book Awards from her book The Long Shadow of Little Rock.

  • Daisy's Death

    Daisy Lee Gatson Bates passed away and it was very popular.