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Famous Arkansan: Daisy Bates

Jul 23, 2019
Zoie Clift

Born in Arkansas, civil rights activist Daisy Bates is known for her role as mentor to the Little Rock Nine during the 1957 Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis. 

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