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AR HR1025
Resolution
Status
2/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tracy Steele
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AI Summary
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Recognizes Monday, February 17, 2025, as Daisy Gatson Bates Day, observed annually on the same day as President's Day in Arkansas
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Honors Daisy Gatson Bates (1914-1999), a civil rights activist who mentored the Little Rock Nine during the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High School
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Acknowledges her founding of the Arkansas State Press newspaper in 1941 and her role as president of the Arkansas NAACP State Conference beginning in 1952
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Commemorates the unveiling of her statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol on May 8, 2024, created by artist Benjamin Victor
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Notes Daisy Gatson Bates Day has been an official Arkansas state holiday since 2001, with this resolution continuing recognition of her contributions to civil rights
Legislative Description
To Recognize Monday, February 17, 2025, As Daisy Gatson Bates Day, And To Honor Daisy Gatson Bates For Her Contributions To Arkansas, The Nation, And The World, Now Memorialized In The Display Of Her Statue In The United States Capitol.
Last Action
READ AND ADOPTED.
2/17/2025