FREEDOM’S PROMISE DAISY BATES AND THE LITTLE ROCK NINE BY DUCHESS HARRIS JD PHD WITH BLYTHE LAWRENCE Cover image Activist Daisy Bates second from left stands with the Little Rock Nine students in 1958 An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdobooks com Core Library
A LETTER FROM DUCHESS When I was growing up we were taught that the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v Board of Education desegregated public schools But the textbooks did not explain that people still needed to make sure the law was followed One of the most important people who did this was Daisy Bates Bates could be considered an iconoclast An iconoclast is someone who challenges institutions Challenging segregation in schools was brave Bates faced this challenge with elegance and grace She was highly regarded by other civil rights activists She was one of only two women to speak at the March on Washington in 1963 She said We will walk until we are free until we can walk to any school and take our children to any school in the United States Join me on this journey to learn about Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine Join me on a journey that tells the story of the promise of freedom
Daisy Bates stands outside Little Rock Central High School which she helped integrate in 1957
