Daisy Bates

Watch the unveiling of the Johnny Cash statue for the U.S. Emancipation Hall at the Capitol. It's one of two statues to represent Arkansas in Washington D.C.

Watch the unveiling of the Daisy Gatson Bates statue for the U.S. Statuary Hall at the Capitol. It's one of two statues to represent Arkansas in Washington D.C.

The sculpture of civil rights leader Daisy Bates had been commissioned following a vote to replace the current Arkansas statues at the U.S. Capitol in 2016.

Benjamin Victor is working on a clay model of the civil rights leader this week at UA Little Rock. Statues of Bates and singer Johnny Cash will eventually represent Arkansas in the U.S. Capitol.

The public can watch work being done on the Bates statue, while approval has been given for the design of the Cash statue. Both will represent Arkansas in the U.S. Capitol.

Ahead of an expected decision Monday, five artists who want the honor of making statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash that will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol presented models Wednesday of what they envision their works would look like.

Arkansas is poised to change its sculptures in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (Nov. 12) the two statues in the Hall, those of U.M. Rose and James P. Clarke, will be replaced with civil rights icon Daisy Gatson Bates and hall-of-fame musician Johnny Cash.

Fifteen people applied to design and cast Bates' statue, and Cash's statue received 16 applications, which were submitted to the secretary of state's office.