[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 29608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          TRIBUTE TO THE LITTLE ROCK NINE AND MRS. DAISY BATES

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                           HON. MARION BERRY

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 9, 1999

  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, as we honor today the Little Rock Nine with 
the Congressional Medal of Honor, I would also like to pay tribute to 
Daisy Bates, who passed from this Earth last week. Ms. Bates was a 
mentor to the Little Rock Nine during the Central High School 
desegregation crisis in 1957. She was a true leader of our time.
  Daisy Bates was a participant in a movement that changed history 
forever. Those young people and Daisy Bates became symbols to all of us 
of what it means to be courageous, honorable and exceptionally brave. 
Daisy Bates was a great mentor who had the courage to stand up for what 
she believed in. Mrs. Bates was a courageous woman under all 
circumstances and she will be greatly missed.

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