Honors and Awards
- Named Woman of the Year in 1957 by the National Council of Negro Women
- Joint recipient, along with the Little Rock Nine of the 1958 Spingarn Medal
- 1988 American Book Award
- Arkansas General Assembly Commendation
- Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of Arkansas, 1984
- Diamond Cross of Malta from the Philadelphia Cotillion Society
- Arkansas has established the third Monday in February as "George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day", an official state holiday.
- The street that runs to the north of Little Rock Central High School, formerly 14th Street, has been renamed for her.
- The Daisy Bates Elementary School in Little Rock is named in her honor.
- Honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority
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