Envelope for letter from H.W. Sewing for Daisy Bates Trust Fund

Arkansas State Press, American, 1941 - 1959;American Daisy Bates Rev. Volley V. K. Stokes, American, ca.Unknown Rev. I. H. Henderson Sr., American, died 1985 American Henry Warren Sewing American Douglass State Bank Trinity Baptist Church, American, founded 1888

1960

Medium: ink on paper
Genre: Envelopes
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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envelopes

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religionJournalismactivismBlack PressresistanceCorrespondenceU.S. History, 1953-1961civil rights

About

Daisy Bates led the NAACP branch in Arkansas and was in charge of the Little Rock school integration. Bates worked to organize a safe integration process and mentored the first students, known as the Little Rock Nine. Due to intense protests, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Arkansas National Guard to ensure that the school integration could proceed. Protestors and advertisers boycotted the Arkansas State Press, an activist newspaper owned by Daisy and her husband Lucius Christopher Bates. The Bates suffered financial difficulties due to their outspoken integration efforts. The “Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund” was set up to provide much needed funds to the Bates.