Daisy Bates

E33319

Daisy Bates was a prominent civil rights activist and journalist who played a key leadership role in guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf author
civil rights activist
human
journalist
newspaper publisher
awardReceived American Book Award
Spingarn Medal
causeOfFame role in integrating Little Rock Central High School
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-11-11
dateOfDeath 1999-11-04
describedIn The Long Shadow of Little Rock
educatedAt Huttig public schools
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Bates
fieldOfWork civil rights
journalism
founded Arkansas State Press
genre autobiography
givenName Daisy
hasInfluenced Little Rock Nine
honorificEponym Daisy Bates Day (Arkansas state holiday)
Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive (Little Rock street)
Daisy L. Gatson Bates Elementary School
knownFor guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine
leadership in desegregation of Little Rock Central High School
languageOfWorkOrName English
livedDuring American civil rights movement
surface form: Civil Rights Era in the United States

Jim Crow laws
surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
memberOf NAACP
surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
movement American civil rights movement
notableWork The Long Shadow of Little Rock
occupation civil rights activist
journalist
newspaper editor
publisher
participantIn Little Rock Integration Crisis
surface form: Little Rock school desegregation crisis

campaigns against school segregation in Arkansas
partOf leadership of the Arkansas NAACP
placeOfBirth Huttig, Arkansas, United States
placeOfDeath Little Rock, Arkansas
surface form: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
positionHeld president of the Arkansas State Conference of NAACP branches
publisherOf Arkansas State Press
religion Baptist
residence Little Rock, Arkansas
surface form: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
sexOrGender female
spouse L. C. Bates

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.