Q. Why did Melba want to go to Central High?
We went to Central for opportunity. We didn’t understand integration; we didn’t even know the word integration. True, we would learn the meaning of that word as the year progressed, but we wanted to go to Central High first and foremost because of access, because of resources, because of books and good furniture.
Q. How does Melba Pattillo feel about going back to Central High?
In Melba Pattillo Beals’s, “Warriors Don’t Cry,” the way Melba reacts to the white students attacks lead to her feeling more confident while attending Central High. When Melba first integrated into Central High School, she definitely had a rough time. She was tormented, attacked, bullied, and verbally abused.
Q. Did Melba graduate from Central High?
It is May 27, 1958. Eight of the Little Rock Nine have made it through the year. Melba makes it. On this day, Ernie Green becomes the first African-American student to graduate from Central High School….
| 1. | Big Decisions |
|---|---|
| 2. | First Day |
| 3. | Inside-Briefly |
| 4. | Integration Is the Law |
| 5. | Fighting to Learn |
Q. When did Melba realize the harsh realities of segregation?
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.
Q. What happened in Warriors don’t cry Chapter 11?
An announcement in the newspaper reads that half of the 101st will return to their base in Kentucky. Melba realizes that she can only depend on herself for protection and adopts the attitude of a warrior. She keeps her muscles “steely” in response to abuse and strains her mind to focus.
Q. Why did Melba almost die when she was born?
How did Melba almost die at birth? She had an infection on her head and her nurse (white) did not give her the proper treatment. A black janitor told her and her mom saved her with the treatment that she was supposed to get.
Q. What prompts Melba to raise her hand when a teacher asks who would like to attend Central High Why do you think she does not tell her family that she has volunteered?
What prompts Melba to raise her hand when a teacher asks who would like to attend Central High? Melba decides to raise her hand because she believes that she will get the same rights.
Q. What does Melba’s mother do for a living?
Melba’s mother Lois is a determined woman who protects Melba from violent segregationists. She was one of the first black students to integrate the University of Arkansas, from which she graduated in 1954. She teaches seventh-grade English while attending night school to get her Master’s degree.
Q. What was Melba’s first bout with segregation?
Chap 2: What was Melba’s first ’bout’ with segregation? When I was five, I had my first true bout with testing the harsh realities of segregation. My family — Grandmother, Mother, Daddy, and my brother, Conrad, plus most of my aunts and uncles — had gathered at Fair Park for a Fourth of July picnic.
