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Also Known As Daisy Gatson Bates • Daisy Lee Gatson
Born 1914? • Arkansas
Died November 4, 1999 • Little Rock • Arkansas
Notable Family Members spouse Lucius Christopher Bates
Role In American civil rights movement

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