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Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine
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Daisy Bates, the head of the Arkansas NAACP, stands behind seven of the Little Rock Nine, who are seated on a sofa in her living room. They have assembled there to await the arrival of the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division who will escort them to school. The students are Jefferson Thomas, Carlotta Walls, Thelma Mothershed, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, and Melba Pattillo.
September 26, 1957
Bates, Daisy
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Daisy Bates and Four of the Little Rock Nine
circa 1957-1959
Daisy Bates outside her home with four of the Little Rock Nine. The students are Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Melba Pattillo, and Thelma Mothershed.
Melba Pattillo, One of the Little Rock Nine
December 6, 1957
Melba Pattillo, later Melba Pattillo Beals, of the Little Rock Nine.
Carlotta Walls, One of the Little Rock Nine
December 6, 1957
Carlotta Walls of the Little Rock Nine.
Daisy Bates, the Little Rock Nine and the 101st Airborne Division
September 26, 1957
Daisy Bates looks out from her front window as members of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to escort members of the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High School.
Daisy Bates at a Book Promotion
1962
Daisy Bates speaking with unidentified man wearing eyeglasses. Copies of her memoir "The Long Shadow of Little Rock", and plaques from the NAACP for the nine students who integrated Central High Sc...
Daisy Bates, Little Rock Nine and Dr. James Levy
1958
Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine with officers of the NAACP at their 49th annual convention. Mrs. Bates and the nine students received an award for their heroism during the school integration c...
