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Daisy Bates, Little Rock Nine and Dr. James Levy
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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 crisis in September, 1957. Pictured seated in row 1, left to right: Carlotta Walls, Melba Pattillo, and Elizabeth Eckford. Standing in Row 2 are, left to right: Terrence Roberts, Thelma Mothershed, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, Kivie Kaplan (of the NAACP), Minnijean Brown, Ernest Green, Daisy Bates, and James B. Levy, president of the Cleveland NAACP chapter.
1958
Bates, Daisy
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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 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.
Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine
September 26, 1957
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...
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.
Thelma Mothershed Reading a Book
1957
Thelma Mothershed, one of the Little Rock Nine, reading a book.
