Why do icons and symbols so often outlast our memories of leaders who created them? This question was nagging at me for several days last week after I heard an interview with Sharon La Cruise, whose film, Daisy Bates: The First Lady of Little Rock, premiered on PBS on February 1st. Ms. La Cruise’s film tells the story of a forgotten hero of the Civil Rights Movement. The film explores the life of Daisy Bates, who helped the Little Rock Nine become the first African-American students to cross the racial divide to attend Little Rock Central High School in 1957.