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This resolution recognizes Monday, February 17, 2025, as Daisy Gatson Bates Day, honoring the life and civil rights achievements of Daisy Gatson Bates, a prominent Arkansas activist who played a crucial role in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The resolution highlights Bates's significant contributions, including her leadership in the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), her work mentoring the Little Rock Nine students during the school integration crisis, and her broader advocacy for racial equality. It notes her personal history of overcoming racial tragedy, including the murder of her mother and subsequent lifelong commitment to fighting racial injustice, and acknowledges her various accomplishments such as founding the Arkansas State Press newspaper, speaking at the March on Washington, and working in President Lyndon B. Johnson's antipoverty programs. The resolution also references the unveiling of her statue in the United States Capitol in May 2024, which symbolically represents her ongoing legacy of confronting and challenging racial inequality, and officially commemorates her enduring impact on Arkansas and the broader civil rights movement.

https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=hr1025&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R