... February a holiday to honor Bates. Beebe also on Monday appointed Cora McHenry the chairwoman of the newly-formed Daisy Gatson Bates Holiday committee. Beebe also named Phyllis Dickerson of Little Rock and Theman Taylor of Conway to the 9-member ...

... late civil rights activist Daisy Gatson Bates asked him to speak in commemoration ... Beebe last month on Arkansas' Daisy Gatson Bates holiday, are charged with coordinating ... Monday, after being sworn to the Daisy Gatson ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Forty-four years after Daisy Gatson Bates led the Little Rock Nine into Central High School, Gov. Mike Huckabee signed legislation Monday to honor her with a state holiday ...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Civil-rights activist Daisy Gatson Bates was remembered Monday as a woman who, even after reaching some renown, always kept "the common touch." A group of educators ...

... said. "Wise use of your resources is important." Earlier this month, Rockefeller gathered with members of the Daisy Gatson Bates Holiday Committee to announce an effort to raise money to fund educational programs. Rockefeller also is the fund ...

... Boulevard to Springer Boulevard, Little Rock in recent years has named thoroughfares for Martin Luther King Jr. and Daisy Gatson Bates. Bates served as a mentor for the Little Rock Nine, the first black students to attend Central High School after ...