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Daisy Bates

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Head and shoulder portrait of Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas NAACP and a key figure in the Little Rock school desegregation crisis of September 1957.

Date Created:
circa 1960-1969
Creator:
Bates, Daisy

Publication Information

Creator
Bates, Daisy
Date Created
circa 1960-1969

Physical Description

Format
Image
Extent
1 photograph
Dimensions
13 x 18 cm

Collection Information

Copyright Information

Copyright Status
COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W012C2C
Legacy ID
WHi 5000

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Quarter-length portrait of L.C. Bates, editor and publisher of the the "Arkansas State Press," a crusading Little Rock newspaper and the husband of the Arkansas NAACP leader Daisy Bates.

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Portrait of Daisy Bates wearing a dark dress and beaded earrings and necklace.

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