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Threatening Note signed "KKK"
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Threatening note written on a matchbook, signed "K.K.K." (Ku Klux Klan) that was thrown through Daisy Bates' window in August 1957 with a rock and rag. The note reads: "The next will be dynamite."
1957
Bates, Daisy
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W012C0M
WHi 137251
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Rock with Threatening Note signed "KKK"
1957
Threatening note signed "K.K.K." (Ku Klux Klan) with rock and rag that was thrown through Daisy Bates' window in August 1957. The note reads: "The next will be dynamite."
L.C. and Daisy Bates with Men and KKK Cross
October 15, 1956
Daisy and L.C. Bates with two men and a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) cross that they found in their yard. Because this event preceded the integration crisis of 1957 in which the couple took a leading role, i...
Daisy Bates Watching Television
circa 1957
Daisy Bates watching Governor Faubus on television.
Daisy Bates Seated at a Bar
circa 1957-1959
Daisy Bates is seated at a bar next to an unidentified man. She is wearing a black dress and is holding a cocktail.
Daisy Bates with Two Other People
circa 1957
Daisy Bates posed on a sofa between an unidentified man and an unidentified woman who is wearing a fur cape.
