daisy bates and casey hayden and a bunch of other people.nd they were told by philip randolph and bayard ruston, above all else, they would you like anybody, they were told look, you are represented. ron wilkins is here from the naacp. it represent you. james farmer from the core. he represents. john lewis, he represents you. john from the uaw, he represents you. and so on. but they didn't -- there was eventually a compromise where daisy bates was allowed to speak for the women. she was given a very short post beach to read, and a group of about eight women were asked to stand up and bow and accept applause. but i believe that that played a major role in the emerging women's rights movement, because there was this really strong sharp palpable notion, hold on a second, how is it different for blacks to be claiming their rights which they deserve, how is that different from women being able to claim their rights? and it became pretty clear pretty quickly to the smartest people in activist politics that it wasn't right. and then there was anoth

now daisy bates could have been excused for being hateful.hen she was -- just after she was born, her mother was and murdered by three way races. and she was put into the care of a couple of stepparents. and as she grew up, she saw her stepparents taken an enormous amount of abuse themselves. she saw with their own eyes. one time she went up to her stepfather. this is on her telling. she went up to her stepfather and said why do you accept this abuse? why don't you hate these people who do this to you? and he said quite simply and this is a comment you hear pretty much of almost anybody who was involved in the civil rights movement. he said daisy, you've returned hate with love. and you can hate the -- you can hate the violence. you can hate the intimidation. you can hate the unfairness. you could make the lobbying on the side of the races. if you hit up i get to do something about it. she dedicated her life like so many people did to work in the civil rights movement. but the key point there is to return hate with love, which is a profound c