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"And I had the glass put in, and they broke it out that night... they were a hundred dollars apiece. But I was determined... that they were not going to chase us out of town. This was the big thing they wanted to do. Had they chased us out of town, the movement would have died."

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Arkansas has established the third Monday in February as "George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day", an official state holiday.

The street that runs to the north of Little Rock Central High School, formerly 14th Street, has been renamed for her.

The Daisy Bates Elementary School in Little Rock is named in her honor.

The Daisy Bates Holiday Committee is headed by African-American State Representative Charles Blake of Little Rock

Congressional Gold Medal posthumously awarded by President Bill Clinton along with other members of The Little Rock Nine in November 1999.

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Woman of the Year in 1957 by the National Council of Negro Women

Joint recipient, along with the Little Rock Nine of the 1958 Spingarn Medal

1988 American Book Award

Arkansas General Assembly Commendation

Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of Arkansas, 1984

Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, 1984

Diamond Cross of Malta from the Philadelphia Cotillion Society

Honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority

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Daisy Bates with the Little Rock 9

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Bates home was the headquarters for the Little Rock Nine

Principal spokesperson and leader for the movement to desegregate Central

Mentor for the little rock 9 children

Daisy Bates and the NAACP took the Little Rock school board to court

Helped recruite kids

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1952 - president of the Arkansas Chapter of the National Association for advancement of colored people (NAACP)

Published "The Power of One"

Worked on the Democratic National Committee

Operated Arkansas State Press (a weekly african american newspaper)

1957 she helped 9 African American children attend the all white school in Little Rock, (Little Rock Nine)

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November 11, 1914-November 4, 1999 =

Raised by friends of the family, (mother was sexually assaulted by 3 white men and then murdered, and her father left her).

Attended Shorter University