House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks throughout the unveiling event for the statue of Arkansas civil rights leader Daisy Gatson Bates, left, in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
May 8 (UPI) — A statue of Arkansas civil rights leader Daisy Gatson Bates was revealed Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall.
The statue of Bates and another statue of vocalist, songwriter Johnny Cash are changing 2 older statues of Arkansas figures from the 19th century, ABC News reported. Each state can location 2 statues in National Statuary Hall.
“The unveiling of [Bates’] statue in the halls of Congress reveals the arc of history flexing towards justice,” Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., informed AFRO News. “It is an honor to be a member of this body as we preserve her tradition.”
Born in Huttig, Ark., in 1914, 3 white guys supposedly killed her mother while she was an baby, which stimulated her to endedupbeing a civil rights activist.
Bates led the Arkansas NAACP chapter for numerous years and mentored the Little Rock Nine black trainees who were the veryfirst to incorporate Cent