People
This person gives Melba advice and encourages her to keep going.
Grandma India
Melba becomes close friends with this person.
Link
How does Link help Melba escape the situation when Andy is trying to kill her?
He gives her his car.
True or False: Melba goes back to LRCHS for a second year.
False
This person was able to graduate from LRCHS.
Ernest Green
This person is Melba's body guard and teaches her to be a warrior.
Danny
This person continues to torture Melba.
Andy
This person get suspended for dumping chili on white boys.
Minnijean Brown
True or False: Melba gets married to Link.
False
When Melba returns to Little Rock 30 years later, what milestone does she mention about the mayor?
First black woman mayor.
Thelma Mothershed
What causes Melba to finally start trusting Link?
Watching him with his Nana Healey.
This Supreme Court ruling stated that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board
After graduating from college, what does Melba decide to do with her career?
She becomes a journalist for NBC News.
Who is the student that greets Melba and the others when they go back to LRCHS 30 years later? How is this person a stark contrast that what Melba and the others faced?
He is black, and he's student body president. The kids never would have been allowed to run for the position.
This is person is Melba's boyfriend while she is a student at LRCHS.
Vince
Why aren't Melba and the others allowed to attend the graduation ceremony?
The school thought it would be a safety issue.
Why was Minnijean expelled from school?
The boys from the chili dumped chili on her.
Why does Link stop talking to Melba?
Because she married a white man.
She took her story to the "white newspaper" and one reporter published her story. She also got the bishop to support her.
This person was caught in a mob on the first day of school.
Elizabeth Eckford
What does Link ask Melba to do after his graduation?
Run away with him to Harvard.
Why is Melba unable to go back to LRCHS for a second year?
The Governor shuts down all the schools.
This is the only member of the LR9 to remain in Little Rock.
Elizabeth Eckford
How had teachers and administrators changed toward the end of the first year of integration?
Some teachers started cracking down on students who misbehaved, and one girl was expelled for passing out flyers.