[7] Bates' childhood included attendance in Huttig's segregated public schools, where she learned firsthand the poor conditions to which black students were exposed.

[7] Daisy was 17 when she started dating Lucius Christopher Bates, an insurance salesman who had also worked on newspapers in the South and West.

They leased a printing plant that belonged to a church publication and inaugurated the Arkansas State Press, a weekly statewide newspaper.

The Arkansas State Press was primarily concerned with advocacy journalism and was modeled off other African-American publications of the era, such as the Chicago Defender and The Crisis.

The State Press editorialized, "We feel that the proper approach would be for the leaders among the Negro race—not clabber mouths, Uncle Toms, or grinning appeasers to get together and counsel with the school heads."

Concerning the policy of academic desegregation, the State Press cultivated a spirit of immediatism within the hearts of African-American and white citizens.

While Governor Orval Faubus and his supporters were refusing even token desegregation of Central High School, this editorial appeared on the front page: It is the belief of this paper that since the Negro's loyalty to America has forced him to shed blood on foreign battle fields against enemies, to safeguard constitutional rights, he is in no mood to sacrifice these rights for peace and harmony at home.

In 1957, because of its strong position during the Little Rock Segregation Crisis, white advertisers held another boycott to punish the newspaper for supporting desegregation.

This boycott successfully cut off funding, except the money which came directly and through advertisements from the NAACP national office, and through ads from supporters throughout the country.

They published a local black newspaper, the Arkansas State Press, which publicized violations of the Supreme Court's desegregation rulings.

"[citation needed] Realizing her intense involvement and dedication to education and school integration, Daisy was the chosen agent.

[12] The students' attempts to enroll provoked a confrontation with Governor Orval Faubus, who called out the National Guard to prevent their entry.

Osro Cobb, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas refers in his memoirs to her, accordingly: ... Mrs. Daisy Bates and her charges arrived at the school.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower intervened by federalizing the Arkansas National Guard and dispatching the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to ensure that the court orders were enforced.

The planning of how desegregation would be carried out and the goals to implement were an important part of her role during the movement and specifically, the house was a way to help achieve advocacy for civil rights.

The perseverance of Mrs. Bates and the Little Rock Nine during these turbulent years sent a strong message throughout the South that desegregation worked and the tradition of racial segregation under "Jim Crow" would no longer be tolerated in the United States of America.

The previous night, Bates fell asleep before she was able to deliver the message to the family, and the girl attempted to attend her first day alone at the segregated school.

Though Bates was charged a fine by the judge, the NAACP lawyers appealed and eventually won a reversal in the United States Supreme Court.

In an interview with Bates, she says the most important contribution she made during the Little Rock crisis was: the very fact that the kids went in Central; they got in ... And they remained there for the full year.

King's purpose was to encourage Bates to "adhere rigorously to a way of non-violence", despite being "terrorized, stoned, and threatened by ruthless mobs".

Soon after the commencement, King asked Daisy Bates to be the Women's Day speaker at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church later that year in October.

In 1960, Daisy Bates moved to New York City and wrote her memoir, The Long Shadow of Little Rock, which won a 1988 National Book Award.

The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America records that, In an opinion by Justice Potter Stewart, the Court held that free speech included a freedom of association for expressive purposes.

This freedom, the Court believed, was threatened by the attempts of local government officials to obtain the membership lists of the NAACP chapters.

In 1986, the University of Arkansas Press republished The Long Shadow of Little Rock, which became the first reprinted edition ever to earn an American Book Award.

In May 2014, Rutgers University awarded John Lewis Adams a Ph.D. in history for his dissertation, Time For a Showdown, a biography chronicling the rise of Bates and her husband and their influence on Black activism in the 1950s.

The book provides a firsthand account of the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African American students who integrated the school in 1957, and Bates's role as their mentor and advocate.

It details the intense resistance they faced from segregationists, the political turmoil surrounding the integration crisis, and the toll it took on Bates's personal and professional life.

The memoir received widespread critical acclaim for its unflinching depiction of racial injustice and its emphasis on the personal sacrifices made in the struggle for equality.

[21] The book has since been regarded as an essential primary source for understanding the civil rights movement and the complexities of the integration struggle.