Warriors Dont Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals Book
Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals Book Overview Eng 4 Mrs. Bly 2017
Unit Overview O DUE 8/29 & 8/30 - Chapters 1 -8 O Topics for discussion: Segregation/ Becoming a Warrior O DUE 8/31 & 9/1 - Chapters 7 -12 O Topics for discussion: Inside Central High/ Desegregation O DUE 9/7 & 9/8 - Chapters 13 -19 O Topics for discussion: Harassment/ Legacies O DUE 9/13 & 9/14 - Essay due O CENTRAL QUESTION: What can we do alone and with others to confront racism? How can we as individuals and as citizens make a positive difference in our school, community, & nations.
The Little Rock Nine O Ernest Green – the oldest, a senior – warm and O O O O friendly Terrance Roberts –a junior, verbal, funny and very intelligent Jefferson Thomas – quiet, soft-spoken and a good athlete Elizabeth Eckford – petite, quiet and very private Thelma Mothershed – had a heart condition Minnijean Brown – Melba’s best friend (gets expelled) Carlotta Wells – athletic, “girl next door” Gloria Ray – delicate and meticulous Melba Pattillo Beals- author the memoir, this is HER story
The Little Rock Nine 1957
The Little Rock Nine NOW
Family & Friends O Grandma India - Melba’s grandmother. O Link - A white student who befriends Melba O Conrad Patillo - Melba’s younger brother. O Lois Patillo - Melba’s mother, also called Mother Lois. O Will Patillo - Also called “Papa Will” ; he doesn’t live with Melba O Nana Healey - Link’s nanny from childhood. Nana Healey is black, and Link has a very close relationship with her. O Mrs. Higgenbottom - Grandma India’s shotgun. O Vince - Melba’s boyfriend. He and Melba break up as a result of her transfer to Central. O Danny - A white soldier with the 101 st Airborne Division Danny is assigned to protect Melba—at one point saving her from acid that is thrown toward her eyes.
Segregationists O Andy -A white Central High student who is especially vicious toward Melba. O Orval Faubus - Governor of Arkansas in 1957. Faubus gives the order to keep the African-American students out of Central High School, and orders armed Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent Melba and her friends from entering the school. O Huckaby -The vice principal of Central High School. Mrs. Huckaby can’t protect the African-American students, but she does her best to control some of their attackers. O Jess Matthews - The principal of Central High School in Little Rock.
Legal/Political Help O Mrs. C. Daisy Bates - The president of the NAACP (National O O O Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in Little Rock. Bill Clinton - A governor of Arkansas, later the president of the United States. Governor Clinton treats them with kindness and respect, in stark contrast to former Governor Faubus. Ronald Davies - A federal judge from Nebraska who orders Governor Faubus of Arkansas to allow integration to continue. Dwight D. Eisenhower - The then-president of the United States, Eisenhower proclaims that Governor Faubus is not allowed to defy the federal order to desegregate schools. J. Edgar Hoover - The director of the FBI. Woodrow Mann - The mayor of Little Rock, who opposes Governor Faubus and supports integration. Thurgood Marshall - The lawyer who argues on behalf of Linda Brown in the historic Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
Melba after Central High O Dr. George & Carol Mc. Cabe - A Quaker family from Santa Rosa, California. The Mc. Cabe family takes Melba in after Governor Faubus shuts down the Little Rock public schools for 2 years to protest integration! O 1962 Melba attended mostly white San Francisco State University O Earns a BA from SFSU & graduate degree at Columbia University O Later marries a white man, John (7 year marriage) O Together they have a daughter, Kellie
Melba Then & Now
Warriors Don’t Cry
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