May 8 (UPI) --A statue of Arkansas civil rights leader Daisy Gatson Bates was unveiled ... which spurred her to become a civil rights activist. Bates led the Arkansas NAACP chapter for many ...

Community leaders gathered to honor the lasting contributions of African Americans in the state and across the country, including civil rights advocate Daisy Bates and poet and activist Maya ...

I'm Dawn Scott. Thanks for being here. A new documentary tells the story of Arkansas placing statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and singer Johnny Cash in the U.S. Capitol. I'll talk with ...

Daisy Bates, who courageously led the fight for civil rights, and Johnny Cash, whose music captured the soul of America, are immortalized in bronze in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall.

“Unveiled: Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash,” an original documentary from Arkansas PBS and award-winning filmmaker Nathan Willis, ...