American Book Awards
1回登壇
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第9回（1988年） Winner
Daisy Bates
デイジー・ゲイツン・ベイツ
Deijī Geitsun Beitsu
ペンネーム:
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1914-11-11 （Huttig, Arkansas, U.S.）
- 死没
- 1999-11-04 （Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.） 84歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Huttig, Arkansas → Little Rock, Arkansas → New York City, New York → Mitchellville, Desha County, Arkansas
経歴
- 職業
- publisher, journalist, lecturer, civil rights activist
- 活動期間
- 1941年〜1999年
- 所属
- NAACP, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Democratic National Committee (DNC)
- 所属団体
- Delta Sigma Theta (honorary member)
- 影響を受けた人物
- NAACP, Orlee Smith (adoptive father)
- 影響を与えた人物
- Little Rock Nine, later civil rights activists
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Woman of the Year | — | — | National Council of Negro Women | 受賞 |
| 1958 | Spingarn Medal (joint) | — | — | NAACP | 受賞 |
| 1988 | American Book Award (Special Citation, reprint) | The Long Shadow of Little Rock | — | Before Columbus Foundation / American Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Honorary Doctor of Laws | — | — | University of Arkansas | 授与 |
| 1984 | Candace Award | — | — | National Coalition of 100 Black Women | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Congressional Gold Medal (posthumous, with the Little Rock Nine) | — | — | United States Congress | 受賞（追贈） |
| — | Diamond Cross of Malta | — | — | Philadelphia Cotillion Society | 受賞 |
Woman of the Year
1957
主催:
National Council of Negro Women
結果:
受賞
Spingarn Medal (joint)
1958
主催:
NAACP
結果:
受賞
American Book Award (Special Citation, reprint)
1988
対象作品:
The Long Shadow of Little Rock
主催:
Before Columbus Foundation / American Book Awards
結果:
受賞
Honorary Doctor of Laws
1984
主催:
University of Arkansas
結果:
授与
Candace Award
1984
主催:
National Coalition of 100 Black Women
結果:
受賞
Congressional Gold Medal (posthumous, with the Little Rock Nine)
1999
主催:
United States Congress
結果:
受賞（追贈）
Diamond Cross of Malta
主催:
Philadelphia Cotillion Society
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir
1962年 memoir / non-fictionA firsthand memoir recounting Bates's experiences during the 1957 Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis and her role mentoring and supporting the Little Rock Nine. It is a vivid account of the civil rights struggle and the fight for educational equality.
civil rightsschool desegregationstruggle against discriminationeducational equality
映像化・舞台化
- [documentary] Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock / Sharon La Cruise (2012)
全著作
- The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir (1962)
翻案
- Documentary 'Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock' (PBS Independent Lens, 2012)
作風・主題
- 文体
- straightforward, memoiristic narrationadvocacy-oriented, essayistic passages
- 頻出モチーフ
- justice and the tension with vengeancebelief in educationcommunity and mutual support
健康
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stroke1965およびその後（晩年に複数回）Suffered a stroke in 1965 which led to long-term health decline and limitations on activity. Experienced additional strokes later in life and before her death in 1999.
評価・遺産
Daisy Bates played a pivotal role in the Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis and had a lasting influence on local and national civil rights activism. Through advocacy journalism at the Arkansas State Press and her mentorship of the Little Rock Nine she advanced educational equality. She is commemorated by monuments, a school, a state-designated day, and a statue in the U.S. Capitol.
記念館・博物館
- Daisy Bates House (National Historic Landmark) Little Rock, Arkansas 2002年開館
関連学会
- NAACP (related organization)
資料所蔵先
- Daisy Bates Papers (University of Arkansas Special Collections)
大衆文化への影響
- 2012 documentary 'Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock'
- 2024 statue placed in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection
引用
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"My life now had a secret goal – to find the men who had done this horrible thing to my mother."
出典: The Death of My Mother / The Long Shadow of Little Rock (1962年) -
"You're filled with hatred. Hate can destroy you, Daisy. Don't hate white people just because they're white. If you hate, make it count for something."
出典: Advice of adoptive father Orlee Smith (referenced in memoirs/interviews) (1962年)
豆知識
- One of the key figures supporting the Little Rock Nine during the Central High integration.
- Founded the Arkansas State Press in 1941; the paper closed in 1959 due to economic pressures and boycott, and Bates revived it in 1984.
- Arkansas designates the third Monday in February as 'George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day.'
- A statue of Daisy Bates was placed in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection in 2024.