Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – When discussing the process of desegregation in schools across the country, you can’t negate the impact that ...
Unveiled celebrates two Arkansas icons whose legacies reshaped history. "Unveiled" celebrates the enduring legacies of two of Arkansas's most iconic figures. Daisy Bates, who courageously led the ...
It amazes me how much focus there is on African-American history in the months of January and February, with programs and events relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday and African-American ...
Believe it or not, but there was at least one political bright spot in The Natural State in 2024. “‘Unveiled’ explores the profound impact of Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash on the history of our great ...
The US Capitol will soon officially welcome two new, iconic figures. A statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her role as a mentor to the Little ...
A statue of civil rights activist Daisy Gatson Bates will be unveiled at the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol on May 8. The U.S. Capitol building will soon be home to a new statue of Daisy ...
WASHINGTON -- Ernest Green's first interactions with Daisy Bates happened through delivering newspapers. Before Bates provided mentorship to Green and eight other Black students fighting to ...
The Compassion Center in Little Rock and The Van in North Little Rock are open all day today and tomorrow for those in need.William Holloway, CEO of the Compass Audit: Scholarship funds spent on ...
PASSING THE TORCH: Daisy Bates (left) sits with Janis Kearney (right), Bates’ successor at the Arkansas State Press. Credit: Courtesy Janis Kearney It was a wretchedly hot day when Daddy asked if I ...