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Published on Nov 24, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WARRIORS DONT CRY
- Author: Melba Pattillo Beals
- By: Javon Cortez & Nick Cater
SETTING
- It takes place in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- In the 1950's.
SETTING
- "Of the 107,300 Little Rock citizens, blacks numbered about 30,000."
SETTING
"I WAS CERTAIN IT WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE TO INTEGRATE LITTLE ROCK."
MELBA
- She is one of the nine integrating.
- Brave
MELBA
- Three years later Grandma discovered I would be one of the first blacks to attend Central..."
MELBA
- "I could hardly believe it I was going to Central High School."
GRANDMA INDIA
SHE IS WISE AND RELIGIOUS.
MOTHER LOUISE
SHE IS SMART AND CARING.
LINK
HE IS HELPFUL AND DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER KIDS.
SUMMARY
- This book is about Melba, a teenage girl,
- Who has a tough life being one of the first
- Blacks to integrate a white school.
MELBA'S PROBLEMS
- Governor Faubus doesn't want them to integrate.
SECOND PROBLEM
- The white students at Central.
- Picking on her and hurting her.
MELBA'S SOLUTION
- First, she ran and hid.
- Then she started being nice.
- She kept trying to get in the school.
THEME
NO MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE WE ARE ALL EQUAL.
THEME
"I DID IT!' I SHOUTED WITH EXCITEMENT..."
GOOD BOOK
- The book shows you can overcome anything.
GOOD BOOK
"INDEED I FOLLOWED MY DREAM..." (222)
THEME
- "My grandmother India always said
- God had a finger pointed at our family." (1)
