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    "Warriors Don’t Cry,” Melba Patillo Beals describes her problem as a lot of racist people making sure she and the rest of the Little Rock 9 don’t get into and integrate an all-white school. Both Mary and Melba Patillo Beal demonstrate that although Mary approached her problem by thinking outside the box and finding loopholes and Melba plowed straight through her problem, they both were brave, strong, and smart. A difference between the approaches of Mary and Melba Patillo Beal is that Mary found

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    people experience. In “Ta-Na-E-Ka,” Mary describes her experience participating in a traditional endurance ritual that celebrates growing up. In Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Patillo Beals describes her experience attempting to desegregate schools with eight other peers by attending a non-black school. Both Mary and Melba Patillo Beal demonstrate that although Mary didn’t experience any hate or discrimination, and Melba didn’t have any pressure from traditional beliefs, they both faced feelings

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    Someone once said “Everything is going to be alright. Not today, but eventually.” In the Memoir Warriors Don’t Cry, by Melba Patillo Beals she is a young girl in the 1950’s who integrates to a new school. She is facing many challenges such as physical, emotional and spiritual pain by going to Central High in Arkansas. She hopes for a day where she can be equal to the whites. She knows that this can not be achieved overnight so she goes through torture from the community to make this dream come to

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    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

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    In Warriors Don't Cry, Melba Patillo Beals presents the idea that both religion and bravery are necessary character traits in her fight for freedom and equality. In Warriors Don't Cry, Melba Patillo Beals presents the idea that religion gives strength to those who need it to persevere through rough times. When faced with an issue, Grandma India reminds Melba that her issues "can be washed away with a prayer and a smile" (164) and to "feel God's love for us, even in the face of those who spewed so

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    stories, Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals, I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson, and “The Father Of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maksel that highlights Feng Ru, all went through turning points and life changing experiences. All main characters faced challenges in their life and all made many sacrifices to improve their lives and their own countries. They all faced both negative and positive turning points but responded in a great way. Melba Patillo Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng Ru all

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    Robinson, the memoir “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals, and the article “The Father of Chinese Aviation”, by Rebecca Maksel, each of the individuals faced turning points. Jackie Robinson Melba Pattillo Beals and Feng Ru faced life-changing experiences that altered both their lives and their countries. Jackie Robinson was chosen to integrate Major League Baseball during a time when blacks were barred from the

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    “direction.” Some people who have been in major life changing experiences are, Melba Beals who wrote Warriors don’t cry, Jackie Robinson who wrote, I Never Had it Made and Feng Ru starring in the article “Father of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maskel. Melba Pattillo Beals, Jackie Robinson and Feng Ru all faced life changing experiences that not only impacted their lives, but also their countries. Melba Pattillo Beals was an African American woman who helped to integrate education for African Americans

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    Made,” By Jackie Robinson Warriors Don’t Cry By Melba Patillo Beals and “The Father of Chinese Aviation.” By Rebecca Maskel. Melba Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng Ru all experienced life changing events that impacted their lives. If you did not know these people went through danger to break segregation. Melba Beals and Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by playing on a white ball team and going to a white school as blacks. Melba Beals was one of the Little Rock Nine to go to a white school

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    Melba Pattillo Beals', Warriors Don't Cry In the book Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, the author describes what her reactions and feelings are to the racial hatred and discrimination she and eight other African-American teenagers received in Little Rock, Arkansas during the desegregation period in 1957. She tells the story of the nine students from the time she turned sixteen years old and began keeping a diary until her final days at Central High School in Little Rock. The story

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