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Summary Of Warriors Don T Cry By Melba Pattillo

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In the story Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Pattillo was one of the Little Rock Nine students who attended an all-white high school for the first time. The time period in the story was when there was segregation in America, between Blacks and Whites. This took place immediately after the Brown Vs. Board of education case, which allowed African American children to go to the same school as White children. The main character, Melba was just an ordinary African American girl until one day, the school offered the students to go to an all-White high school the next year. Melba though she would get a great learning opportunity, so she agreed to go there without her family’s consent. Throughout the story, Melba Pattillo was a Dynamic character.
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