Characters
Main character and narrator of "Warriors Don't Cry"
Who is Melba Patillo Beals?
Melba's brother, not part of integration.
Who is Conrad?
What people called Melba and her eight friends.
What is "The Little Rock 9?"
The big court case that led to the integration of Central High School.
What is Brown V. Board of Education
The year when most of these events happened.
When is 1957?
Originally said the line "Warriors Don't Cry."
Who is Grandma India?
Melba's crush from the wrestling matches.
Who is Vince?
The group of people sent to Central High to protect the black students.
Who is the 101st Airborne Division?
The reason that Grandma Sands sits at the front window with a shotgun.
What is in case a white person comes to hurt Melba or family because they oppose integration?
What Mother Lois does for work.
What is a 7th Grade English teacher?
Is worried about Melba integrating, but trusts that God will keep her safe.
Who is Mother Lois?
Who is Danny?
Describe how Cincinnati is different from Little Rock.
What is Cincinnati is more integrated than Little Rock, so black people are not treated as badly as they are down South?
The reason the white man attacked Melba after school one day.
What is he was angry about the decision to integrate schools and did not want black kids going to school with his white kids?
This dangerous explosive was thrown at Melba during school.
What is dynamite?
Leader in Arkansas who opposes integration.
Who is Governor Faubus?
The white teacher at Central who treated Melba kindly.
Who is Mrs. Pickwick?
Why Melba could not even enter Central High School on her first day.
What is the crowd of angry white people was blocking the doors, and then they chased Melba and her mother away from the school?
The advice that Grandma India gave to Melba when the white students were being unkind to her.
What is to stay calm and pray about what was happening?
Describe the incident at the carousel when Melba was a child.
What is even though Melba had money to ride, the operator turned her away because she was black.
President of the Little Rock branch of the NAACP.
Who is Mrs. Bates?
United States leader who supported integration.
Who is President Eisenhower?
Describe the incident with the nurse at the hospital the day that Melba was born.
What is the nurse refused to take care of Melba because she was racist?
Melba's response to being asked if she wishes she were white.
What is she says that she is proud of who she is, even if it is hard to be black right in that moment?
The reason Melba is not always entirely honest when talking about her integration experience.
What is she worried about? If things look too bad, will they cancel the integration?