Warriors Don't Cry
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WARRIORS DON'T CRY BY: MELBA PELATIO
TATE L. AND BUSBY
SETTING
LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 1954
SETTING QUOTE #1
"May 17, 1954, the supreme court ruled that segregated schools were illegal."
SETTING QUOTE #2
"My mother was one of the first few blacks to integrate in 1954."
MELBA PATTILLO
AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO INTEGRATED CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 1950'S.
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- He lends her his car as a getaway.
- He tells her what the kids will try to do to her.
- He earns her trust by helping his black nana with his own money and time.
MOTHER LOUISE
- She is melba's loving mother, and taught at her old school.
- She helped her get away from the angry whites on her first day of school.
- She was scared for melba, and also wanted her to have a great education at central.
GRANDMA INDIA
- She was there for melba with spiritual and motivational help.
- She helped melba stay on top of the "games" at school by reverse psychology.
- She was always there to protect melba at home.
BREIF SUMMARY
THIS IS A BIOGRAPHY ABOUT HOW MELBA HAD TO DEAL WITH RACISM IN SCHOOL.
FIRST CONFLICT
ON HER FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL A MOB WAS KEEPING HER OUT.
SECOND CONFLICT
THE STICK OF DYNAMITE THAT WAS THROWN AT HER DURING SCHOOL.
THEME
ALL PEOPLE WILL FIGHT TO BE TREATED EQUALY.
MY OPINION ON THE BOOK
GREAT BOOK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS DEPRESSING.
