Daisy Bates: A Civil Rights Activist

In 1963, four black girls were killed in a bombing of a church, the bombing took place in her hometown and it became known as the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. This sparked a passion in Davis for philosophy because she was personally affected by the bombing, she knew two of the people killed in it. As a result of this tragedy she joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and then the Black Panther Party.

One of the most influential and inspirational women of all time was Rosa Parks. By one action she helped change the lives of a majority of African Americans and more importantly society as a whole. Rosa Parks sparked the attention of America when she refused to settle for the black (lower class)standards. Not only did she help change the lives for many African Americans but she helped equality for all men and women in the United States. By one brave women our world will be forever thankful.

Rosa Parks is a civil rights activist and is a tragic hero known for her Strength, bravery, wisdom, peace and perseverance taking a major role in the Montgomery bus boycott and standing up against oppression, She and many others stood up for their rights, She refused to surrender her seat on a segregated Montgomery Alabama city bus on the day of December 1, 1955 which began the 381 day long Montgomery Bus Boycott which then helped launch the nation wide efforts to end segregation of public facilities.

In 1895 Wells married Ferdinand L. Barnett, a Chicago lawyer, public official, and publisher of the Conservator. She settled in Chicago and adopted as her married name Ida Wells-Barnett. After 1895 she limited her activities to Chicago, but she was quite active in Chicago's rapidly growing African-American community. In Chicago she wrote for the Conservator, published an expose of lynching, The Red Record, and organized Chicago women regarding several causes, from anti-lynching to suffrage. From 1898 to 1902, Wells served as secretary of the National Afro-American Council, and in 1910 she founded and became the first president of the Negro Fellowship League.

In the life of Daisy Bates, she endured multiple struggles while fighting for civil rights and struggles in her personal life. Her mother was murdered by three white men after refusing their sexual advances and her father fled because he was afraid he would kill those who were responsible. Daisy was adopted my family friends, Orlee and Susie Smith. Daisy led a fulfilling life in Huttig, Arkansas. She went out of her way to protect individual’s freedom and ensure that their life is without discrimination. Daisy Bates got support from Martin Luther King Jr. where he stated how great of a women she was and on how it would be a honor to have her attend the gathering on Women’s Day on October 12,1958. There were 75 African Americans that were chosen

Daisy Bates was a journalist and publisher. She wrote the book called The Long Shadow

Mary Dudziak, author of Cold Rights Civil War, showed how the civil rights movement effected American foreign affairs on an international level. She argued that the international ridicule helped the United States and the Civil Rights movements achieve what it did. She helps explain just how important the Cold War was to the Civil Rights movement and how the Civil Rights movement helped, America refreshes its image in the eyes for the world. However, not just lead and paly a major part in the Civil Rights movement but also reform America. She also argues that the Cold War and anti-American propaganda push America to up-hold civil rights and equality because of all the backlash and animosity from other countries. There are many things I like about this book for example the way she showed the views of America from other countries and the way she talked about democracy. However, one thing I did not like about the book was that she really did not go into much detail about Brown vs. The Board of Education and The Civil Rights act.

Rosa Parks, a very important and influential black woman in history. When a student is learning about Blacks fighting for equal rights, it is almost certain that the name “Rosa Parks” will be mentioned. The story that students are taught is that she was a quiet woman who had had enough and refused to give up her seat on the bus, which is not entirely true. Yes, Ms. Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man because she was sick and tired of being treated in such a horrible way, but she was not as quiet as everyone was taught to believe. Some might even say that history got the great Rosa Parks story wrong. An author by the name of Jeanne Theoharis definitely agrees to that. She agrees strongly that she wrote an article titled “How History Got the Rosa Parks Story Wrong”.

Carlotta Walls graduated the following year and Jefferson Thomas, becoming the last of three to graduate from Central High School, graduated in 1960. The following academic school year Governor Faubus closed all Little Rock, Arkansas High schools but reopen in August 1959. The Little Rock Nine pathed a heroic route that many students today and so on will forever walk on. In 1958, The Little Rock Nine were awarded the Spingarn Medal by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Ernest Green is now a managing partner and vice president of Lehman Brothers in Washington, D.C. Jefferson Thomas is an accountant with the U.S. Department of Defense and lives in Anaheim, Calif. Elizabeth Eckford still lives in Little Rock, Arkansas as a part time social worker. Terence Roberts works as clinical psychologist and teaches at the University of California at Los Angeles and Antioch College. Carlotta Walls is a real estate in Englewood, Colorado. Minnijean Brown is a writer and social worker in Ontario, Canada. Gloria Ray retired from being a computer science. Thelma Mothershed a volunteer in a program for abused women. Melba Pattillo was a former author and journalist for People magazine and

He said this was for the ow students protection. He also insisted that violence and bloodshed might break out if the Little Rock Nine were allowed into the school. September 4, 1957 the Little Rock Nine arrived for their first day of school at Central High. First in order for the students to get there they had to be driven by Bates, although Eckford arrived alone to the school because of not being able to get a hold of her. The Arkansas National Guard prevented any of the Little Rock Nine from entering the school. The most suffering image of this day was Eckford, with a notebook in hand walking toward the school of screaming white students and adults tha were surrounding her. Eckford later recalled a woman that day even spat on her, this image was then printed, and broadcasted bringing the Little Rock controversy to national and international

Although many African Americans fought for their rights in the 1960’s, Daisy Bates has a ever lasting place in Arkansas history. This is the story of how she made her mark in Arkansas history.

killed by three white men. After this happened her father left her. She was raised by friends of her family. When she was a teenager she met Luscious Christopher “L.C.” Bates. At this time he was an insurance agent and an experienced journalist. They got married in the early 1940’s. She became president of the Arkansas NAACP chapter in 1952, six years ago.

Daisy Bates, the president of the NAACP at the time, had called all of the children to her house the morning they were to attend Central High School. Only eight were in attendance. Elizabeth Eckford did not have a phone and missed the call. The girl was unaware of the plans to drive to Fourteenth Street together. While the eight, along with Daisy Bates tried to gain access on Fourteenth Street, Elizabeth Eckford faced a mob of some 200 white people shouting and threatening her alone on Sixteenth Street. The National Guard prevented entry to the school on both sides. Elizabeth escaped the crowd onto a bus with the assistance of a white lady named Grace Lorch.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett dedicated her life to social justice and equality. She devoted her tremendous energies to building the foundations of African-American progress in business, politics, and law. Wells-Barnett was a key participant in the formation of the National Association of Colored Women as well as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She spoke eloquently in support of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. The legacies of these organizations have been tremendous and her contribution to each was timely and indespensible. But no cause challenged the courage and integrity of Ida B. Wells-Barnett as much as her battle against mob violence and the terror of lynching at the end of

“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in” (Parks). I was tired, tired of being oppressed, and tired of being stepped on by the law, and my fellow people. That was the only tired i felt. The Montgomery Bus protest sparked a fire that would be felt throughout the entire country, and it was the spark that ignited the fire of the civil rights movement that shook the world. The boycott was the first of it, once light was shown on the problem, she began travelling cross country spreading information about civil rights, and sparking more peaceful protest. Rosa Parks was an important figure that changed the direction of the United States of America. She was trying to get home from work that day, but she turned into an icon for the civil rights movement, and shined a light on the unfair treatment of african americans.