November 11th is Daisy Bates Day!!! "Daisy Bates was born on November 11, 1914, in Huttig, Arkansas. She married journalist Christopher Bates and they operated a weekly African-American newspaper, the Arkansas State Press. Bates became president of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP and played a crucial role in the fight against segregation, which she documented in her book The Long Shadow of Little Rock. She died in 1999." Thank you Ms. Bates for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Daisy Bates. :-)
http://www.biography.com/people/daisy-bates-206524
"The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies." - Daisy Bates
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