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    After the incident with Melba and the white man, I am more certain that integration is not going to happen too soon. I have to be influential and teach Melba the right thing, but I don’t know if I have much hope left in me. Without Marissa, Melba’s little soul would have been conjured by evil. Even though things are not looking up, I will keep praying; I know that God will answer my prayers. To tell Melba what happened, would put up quite a barrier between us. She is still young and I don't want

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    about cancelling Melba and my plans to the wrestling match. I pray to God Melba will understand the rationale for not attending the match, and realize the losses we have to go through during this segregation period. God when will white people treat us blacks equally and allow us to watch wrestling matches without a concern or worry about our safety. I can already imagine how upset Melba will be, she understands how much I enjoy these dates. At the same time I should make sure Melba is not depressed

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    “Gods warriors don't cry.” Melba Pattillo Beals, a former member of the little rock nine, had to become a warrior because she entering a new world. When Melba first had the opportunity to become one of the students that got to attend the all the all white school, Central high, she jumped at the opportunity. However when school started she was in for a different experience that she had signed up for. She quickly had to drop her hopes of going to Central and having a good learning experiance, in exchange

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    The book is written by Melba Pattillo Beals. She was born December seventh, nineteen forty one. She was born in Little Rock Arkansas . Melba Pattillo Beals is important because she is one of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students that were involved in the desegregation of Little Central High School in nineteen fifty seven. Melba has not passed away she is seventy five years old. Melba Pattillo Beals grew up around family members

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    Warriors Don’t Cry is a compelling memoir that chronicles the events Melba Pattillo faced during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was a pioneer during the civil right years. In 1957, Little Rock, Arkansas, much like other parts of the country, was not a safe place for a black teenage girl to live. Pattillo had a rough start in life. She was born on the day Pearl Harbor was attacked, December 7, 1941. A few weeks after her birth she almost died of an illness because

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    hurt them. In the memoir Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, Melba choses to go to integrate at Central High School, an all white school, along with 8 other black students. Melba has many traits through her year but some are particularly important to getting through the year. Melba’s own traits of being brave and persistent help her through the 1957-58 year at Central High. Being brave helps Melba through her through year at Central. Melba is brave in the very beginning because she decides

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    It’s very hard to stand up for people’s rights, but Melba Pattillo Beals, Cesar Chavez, and Mother Jones are three individuals that did. Melba fought for equality while Chavez and Mother Jones worked to improve working conditions. These three heroic individuals all enacted change in a positive way for human rights. 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

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    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. The first characteristic Melba is depicted to be is religious and faithful in God. After an angry white man tries to rape her, Melba recalls

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    In the novel Warriors Don't Cry Melba Patillo Beals , a colored young woman is challenged with many difficulties during the time of segregation. As a teenager she signs up to join along with sixteen other students to integrate in the Little Rock’s Central high school. At last only 9 students actually took the challenge to integrate. On September 3 of 1957 Melba and her mother louie headed to Central high school for the first day of school. Once they arrived they were greeted by a mob of angry white

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    Shemberger Final ?Namaste? quote meaning the God in me sees and honors the God in you. Melba says this quote at the end of the book meaning she is no longer a child but an adult. Throughout the book Warriors Don?t Cry Melba goes from a child to an adult cause of integration. She shows many characteristics though this process. Some are the Melba is Strong young girl, religious, and different. Melba is very strong during the integration. She shows this by not giving up. She goes through

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