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Hello, my name is Daisy Bates. The day was the third Monday in February. I was awarded the Medal of Freedom.

I am an American civil rights activist, publisher, Journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration crisis.

I am from Hutting, Arkansas and I was born in 1914. My childhood was filled with tragedy. My mother was sexually assaulted and murdered by three white men. My father abandoned me. I was raised by friends and family.

My mission was to end racial injustice, I got married to Lucius Christopher in 1942 March 4, and we moved together to Little Rock. My parents are Sarah Gatson, Hezakiah Gatson, Susie Smith, Orlee Smith. My Education was at Shorter University and Shorter College. My Awards and honors at The University of Arkansas awarded me an honorary degree in 1984.

After the success of the Little Rock Nine, I continued to work on improving the status of African Americans in the South. My integration brought her national recognition. In 1962, I published my memoirs, the Long Shadow of Little Rock.

I want people to remember me for documenting the battle to end segregation in Arkansas and building up an extensive anthropological knowledge of Aboriginal cultures.