After Melba is attacked in the bathroom, she is hurt because “no part of me understood why people would do those kind of things to one another.” Describe how the white students at Central High responded to the integration by the Little Rock Nine. How did the adults respond? Were those who abused Melba inherently bad people? Why do you think they acted as they did? Discuss the possible reasons (fear, peer pressure, prejudice, etc.) why the people of Arkansas responded as they did. Use examples from the book to support your answer.
The white students at Central High responded with anger. They didn’t want African Americans near them, “‘Are you gonna let that nigger coon sit in our class?’ a boy shouted as he glared at me” (75). They also harassed the group of nine. For example, while Melba was in a bathroom stall she was attacked by a group of girls, “Flaming paper floated down and landed on my hair and shoulders” (119). The students were willing to do anything that would get the Little Rock Nine out of Central High. Even with a 101st soldier by Melba’s side she was harassed, “One of them kicked me in the shins so hard I fell to the floor” (109). The soldiers weren’t allowed to get into any kind of fights with the students. They’re only there to keep the nine alive.
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On September 4, the crowd chanted, “‘Two, four, six, eight, we ain’t gonna interrogate”’ (35). The white adults didn’t like having the Little Rock Nine coming into Central High because it threatened to change their ways. Several women even chased Melba, “Three of them had broken away from the pack and were gaining on me” (77). The mothers didn’t want her attending school with their children. The white people were willing to do anything to get the Little Rock Nine to leave Central
Outcast United is written by Warren St. John, he was a journalist for the New York Times and has received many awards for excellence in writing. Outcast United is the story of a refugee soccer team and about a woman who is a great coach. The book focuses on the life of the refugees, and the struggle they went through to get settled in Clarkston, Georgia. It also talks about how they were forced to hold guns and fight for their village and its people. Some kids suffered some illness and psychological conditions.
The book Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo follows the story of a young, sixteen year old Pattillo and the eight other African-American high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas who helped change public school systems and civil rights in America forever. Throughout the book Pattillo and the other eight brave young men and women stand down for nothing until they accomplish the task that they took into their own hands; integrating Central High School in Little Rock. The book starts off with a brief background of Melba’s early life. Born on December 7, 1941, Melba started off her life facing adversity and racism after receiving a scalp injury that lead to a massive infection during her birth. Melba didn’t receive proper treatment for her injury mainly due to the fact
The Little Rock Nine The Little Rock Nine are a group of nine African American Students that played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement. Although there was resistance between these nine students and the community they stood strong and walked in the streets lined with soldiers to school. The picture of Elizabeth and Hazel is a glimpse into a time when it was hard for African American’s to become a part of a society who were not welcoming. When looking at a picture of such controversy it brings emotions of sadness and anger.
Minnijean Brown, who was expelled, graduated from New Lincoln High School in New York. Elizabeth Eckford, Terrence Roberts, Gloria Ray, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Pattillo didn’t graduated because Governor Faubus had the schools closed down from the nine students attending. The other five attended different schools and
Students were often mean to them, too. Not all students bothered them, some of them just ignored the Little Rock Nine. However, there were some students who didn’t like them there. The nine were called names and screamed at. They also experienced having their lockers vandalized, people spitting at them, being tripped, and being pushed down the stairs (Scholastic Upfront).
Melba endured this racism and persevered through challenges to get an equal education. According to paragraph thirteen, “Some of the white people looked totally horrified, while others raised their fists to us. Others shouted ugly words.” In the text, the nine children never yelled back or raised
4. What are some examples of blind acceptance of the "status-quo"? Blacks accepted what is happening and whites blindly accepted the rules about blacks and got used to them and didn 't allow them to go to some places. 5. Who were local and national heroes in the story?
Literary Analysis Essay William Howard The short story that I chose for my literary analysis essay is “Brownies” By ZZ Packer. This fictional short story had a powerful meaning because it focused on how racial stereotyping can cause a lot of problems even among young girls who were attending a Girl Scouts camp. “Brownies” also showed how stereotyping can actually be harmful and can sometimes lead to hurtful consequences for the person who is the victim of it and for the person is guilty of stereotyping someone. I decided to do my analysis of this short story using the historical context element because of the long history of problems between the Black and White races in this country according to our history books, including
The decision to attend a white school is a tough one and Junior understands that for him to survive and to ensure that his background does not stop him from attaining his dreams; he must battle the stereotypes regardless of the consequences. In this light, race and stereotypes only makes junior stronger in the end as evident on how he struggles to override the race and stereotypical expectations from his time at the reservation to his time at Rearden. How race and stereotypes made
African Americans have lived in a world in which they are inferior to whites. The letter "My Dungeon Shook" written by James Baldwin and the memoir Warrior's Don't Cry, Both talk about how in this certain tin African Americans where judged not by their personality but by their skin color. Which they were treated not as people but as animals, who were inferior to them. Baldwin's purpose in writing "My Dungeon Shook" was to inform and to prepare his nephew on the reality that they live in. In the letter it states "You were born in a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible that you were a worthless human being.
Melba Beals was going to Little Rock High School in Arkansas for the first time, which was a life changing experience for her. But there were some events that challenged her, like, Racism, Verbal threats, Spitting, people trying to fight her, and segregationist mobs. ”We began moving forward the eerie silence would be forever etched into my memory. “ Said Beals. “ We stepped up the front door of the central high school and crossed the threshold where the angry segregationist mobs had forbidden us to go”(Beals).
An angry white mob surrounds Central High School as the National Guard surrounds the school. Despite the racist chants, Melba proceeds anyway. They are threatened and attacked by a group of white people, and see Elizabeth Eckford surrounded by an angry crowd with the National Guard preventing her from entering. They see that the National Guard has prevented her and 2 other students from entering. Back at home, Melba, fearful for her life, begs to go back to her old high school but India insists that Melba is not a quitter.
In the book Warriors Don 't Cry, Melba and her friends integrate into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Melba and her friends experiences troubles as she tries to survive integration. Beals reveals a lot of things that would gives hint to things that we see ahead. The book mainly focuses on the south, light has been shed on events in the north around the same time when the Little Rock Nine (Bars) integrated. This essay will make inferences that show how people in the southern schools will continue to be ruthless and slow acceptance for the nine and for the north schools how whites will except African-Americans more.
Even though the media displayed false information about the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High School it changed peoples views on segregation. In A Mighty Long Way Little Rock, Arkansas nine African American students wanted to go to a well educated high school but they do not understand why so many people are angered that they are just getting a better education. During the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957, the media illuminated certain events and painted an inaccurate or incomplete picture of other events. The media illuminates many important events that show how racist white people are treating black people and showing people in the North who are against segregation and support integration.
The Little Rock Nine was a group of 9 black students that enrolled at Central High School of Little Rock, Arkansas. The students included oldest, Ernest Green, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas and Carlotta Walls. Daisy Bates was the activist that carefully selected the students, and helped them become the first African Americans to attend the