Accomplishments

Daisy Bates had many accomplishments in her life. She was the only women pilot in the Arkansas Civil Air Patrol in World War II. Not only this, but she was elected president of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People for the state of Arkansas, Bates served this term from 1953-1961. When Daisy was president she became the advisor to 9 African American boys and girls. These students soon after (in 1957) became the first African American students tp attend Central High School in Little Rock. This event occured in 1957, when in 1954  Brown v. Board of Education case, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools were illegal, however, this did not work in the south. Public schools were still segregated. Daisy proudly led these students to do this, which is a great accomplishment in provoking change in America.