Analysis Of Warriors DonT Cry

Throughout history, Colored folks and White people do not seem to get along based on appearance.Men and women of color weren't treated fairly, no matter where they're at without being looked down upon. Most Americans have divided themselves into non-mixed neighborhoods. The “Jim Crow” laws on the state level stopped them from entering classrooms, bathrooms, theaters, trains, juries, and legislatures.Also, In the case of “Plessy v. Ferguson” in 1896, the U.S. Supreme court said that racially separate facilities are equal, it does not violate the Constitution. Segregation, the court said, was not a discrimination. Segregation supported the legal system and the police, but beyond the law, violence was going on around the citizens. The Ku Klux Klan, Knights of White Camellia, and other terrorists murdered thousands of African-Americans, to prevent them from voting and participating in public life. In Arkansas, Central High School was one of the firsts to integrate. Nine teenagers got together to go to Central High, they did not go in to protest but to get a better education. The Little Rock Nine didn't see it as a way to bring in violence, but it all started in Arkansas, in 1957, a conflict against two different points of views. However, In Warriors Don't Cry Melba Pattillo Beals presents the idea that emotional strength, Determination, and confidence are necessary to gain freedom and equality for all.

In her memoir Warriors don’t cry, Melba Pattillo Beals describes her experiences as she became one of the first nine black students educated in an integrated white school called central high school. The author describes how she survives a harrowing year helping to integrate central high school in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957. The three main ideas that I’m going to talk about are integration, racism, and courage.

Jim Crow was a set of unfair laws that kept African Americans and whites segregated. Jim Crow had started in 1877; The book Warriors Don't Cry is a memoir from the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High which occurred around 1941. In the event of Jim Crow whites were fighting for power and African Americans were fighting for equality. The Little Rock Nine were nine African American students who finally come to possession of integrating with whites. It was the first time any African American students went to Central High with whites, let along any school. Little Rock Nine has more power because after a long time of being segregated and enslaved, they still succeed to integrate schools with “non colored” and it impacted their Community as well as them.

In this chapter, we learn some basic things about the main character, Melba, and we know that she is born on December 7th, 1941. Melba's birth was a complicated one, but she eventually made a full recovery and on top of all of that, Melba also had to go through the harsh reality of segregation when she was five years old.

Imagine you had to fight a war against a formidable army that outnumbered you tenfold; you had very few friends and hardly any weapons at which you could use. This is a great analogy for Melba Patillo Beals’ battle for integration into Central High School, but Melba’s army composed of segregationist and students whose mission was to keep her out of the school. Upon her shoulders Melba carried the responsibility of being one of the first African Americans to integrate a high school in Arkansas, a feat that could only be accomplished by an individual with a strong inner character. In “Warriors Don’t Cry”, Melba Patillo Beals presents the idea that both independence and despondency are necessary character traits in her fight for freedom and equality.

Everyone has turning points in life that can change them completely and sometimes it changes many others with them. Melba, Jackie, and Feng Ru changed their countries because they had a turning point in life and those turning points that they had are found from the resources” I Never Had It Made” by Jackie Robinson, “ The Father Of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maksel, and “ Warriors Don’t Cry “ by Melba Pattillo Beals. Melba, Jackie, and Feng Ru all faced challenges but those challenges led them to a greater good that changed their countries. Jackie Robinson changed the way that people look at him and his race because he was a great ballplayer ,even though he was the first African American to play in the major league baseball. Jackie Robinson

Melba Beals, a young African-American, was part of the Little Rock Nine: a group of nine African-Americans who integrated into Little Rock’s renowned all-white school, Central High. In Beal’s memoir Warriors Don’t Cry, the main character Melba desperately survives through the acts of prejudice brought towards her in her white environment around her. These terrifying experiences throughout Melba’s journey reveals to the reader that a successful journey of one is always heavily assisted by important figures around that person.

There are many people who have shown extremely strong values of persistence and hope, and learning about where these values come from can help us bring them out in ourselves. In the novel Warriors Don’t Cry, by Melba Pattillo Beals, Melba faces many hardships while attending Central High School. However, her motivation to continue attending despite the hardships come from many different sources. Melba is motivated by strong spiritual values and the belief that God is on her side. She is also motivated by her family and friends, including Grandma India, Mother Lois as well as Melba’s boyfriend Vince. Finally, she is driven because she knows that her actions are helping African-American society as a whole and that she is making a sacrifice for the greater good. It is important to understand Melba’s motivations because if she did not persist so well, integration may not have been possible.

“It began in 1960, but the seeds for it were planted in 1954 when the U.S Supreme Court ruled that racially segregated public schools were unconstitutional.”(Brown). The day 6-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through the doors of William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, Louisiana, she walked into the pages of history. Ruby was the first African American student at this previously all-white school on the 14th of November, 1960. This was the New Orleans Public School Crisis, and this was just the beginning of all the riots to come. The equality of Blacks and Whites was nonexistent, and social justice was poor because of the racial prejudices that stood in the way. Blacks were not allowed to have the same education as Whites; it wasn 't expected of an African American woman to graduate from high school, let alone finish grade school in these times. The 1960’s were full of movements; whether it be a Hippie Movement or a Mexican American Movement, but the difference between these movements and the Civil RIghts Movement for Blacks, is that African Americans are still unfortunately fighting for their equality and Rights.

Melba was a warrior and still will be. Melba and the eight others were strong because they had to go through a lot of pain. Integration was a big deal before and it's was a hard time for colored people because they had to go through a lot to get to their goal. Integration was hard because white people didn't approve colored people going to the same school as them. Warriors don't cry By: Melba Patillo Beals and Remember the Titans By: Gregory Allen Howard are two big stories that have to do with integration and the process of it.

Through the story Melba Pattillo is characterized as aware, strong, and confident. Melba Pattillo is characterized as an aware character throughout the memoir. Although there were times when melba didn’t understand why some things were the way the were, she slowly became aware. “I was beginning to resign myself to the fact that white people were definitely in charge, and there was

She had to deal with angry segregationist mobs of white people who wanted to crush her spirits and to demonstrate that she was inferior to them. As Beals recalls, ”some of the white people looked totally horrified while others raised their fists…”(Beals). Furthermore, this brave woman had to deal with the similar-minded government and paparazzi who added fuel to that problem. “Reporters hung from trees, perched on fences, stood on cars, and darted about with their usual urgency.”(Beals). Odds were not in her favor, but she stood against ignorance and hostility and did enter Central High. That single event has changed the United States history forever. Today, Beals is a symbol of courage around the

Do you think young people have as big of a voice and power as the government? In Warriors don't cry it is about a young black girl name Melba Pattillo who had played a big part in the Civil Rights Movement. At the age of 16 integrated into Little Rock's Central High School with nine others that were chosen to integrate as well.

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things,” Leonardo Da Vinci explains. In the 1950s, racism and equality was a big problem between blacks and whites in America, especially in the south. Melba Pattillo Beals and eight other African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas stepped up to integrate the all white Central High School and they were forever remembered. As shown through the experiences in the autobiography Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, Melba is characterized as a religious, determined, and considerate young woman.

Melba Pattillo Beals was a very brave individual who fought to end segregation. She, along with eight other students integrated Central High School, which was an all white prestigious school. She was mistreated by her peers, for example, Melba states that on the first day of school “I was trying to escape the hanging rope of a lynch mob, dodging lightened sticks of dynamite, and washing away burning acid sprayed in my eyes” (Beals 1). Melba went through many challenges in her days integrating, but she continued to step up to the plate, showing how brave and determined she was. In addition, while Melba was trying to use the restroom, flaming paper balls came piling down on her, and as she screamed for help, she breathed it in and choked, finally she threw her textbooks at the attackers as defense (Beals 164). This shows the fact that Melba has courage and is not afraid to fight back. In the end it was all worth it, Melba ended up being able to attend San Francisco State University, where she roomed with people of different skin colors (Beals 310). In conclusion, she came a long way and went from being an innocent young girl to a well known, brave individual, who