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Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.

Aired: Feb 02, 2012 Genre: DocumentaryCasts: Susan Sarandon Peter Coyote America Ferrera Maggie Gyllenhaal Stanley TucciDuration: 1h Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: ITVS

Episodes

01: Wham! Bam! Islam!02: Donor Unknown 03: Lives Worth Living 04: Deaf Jam 05: We Still Live Here -- as Nutayunean 06: The Woodmans 07: These Amazing Shadows 08: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Road to Resistance 09: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The New Generation 10: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: From Selma to Soweto 11: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The Bottom Line 12: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Free at Last 13: Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock 14: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 15: More Than A Month 16: You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't 17: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey 18: When the Drum Is Beating 19: Revenge of the Electric Car 20: Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison 21: Circo 22: Summer Pasture 23: Precious Knowledge 24: Left by the Ship 25: Hell and Back Again 26: We Were Here 27: Strong!