WARRIORS DONT CRY BY MELBA PATILLO BEALS

SETTING OF WARRIORS DONT CRY

• The setting takes place at central high school

MELBA

• The main character is Melba.
• Melba was born on Pearl Harbor day on December 7 1941.
• She attended Central High School.
• Melba's dad worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
• Melba was hard to get along with.

INDIA

• India was one of the first blacks to integrate the university of Arkansas
• India discovered that Melba would be one of the first blacks to attend central high.
• India had to take Melba to a white hospital because she had a massive infection.
• She went to Fair Park for a Fourth of July picnic.
• She could be found scrubbing the linoleum floor or baking cornbread.

ELIZABETH ECKFORD

• She was a very quiet and private person who smiled and waved to Melba in the hallway .
• She was regal in her bearing .
• She was serious about her studies.
• She took learning seriously.

AUNTIE MAE

• She was India's sister.
• Auntie mae's family gathered at her house for a picnic.
• Auntie Mae could do just about anything
• She liked to play jokes on people
• She told the kind of naughty jokes that made India blush and cover Melba's ears.

SUMMARY OF WARRIORS DONT CRY

• This book is by Melba pattillo beals.
• It takes place at central high school.
• Melba was born on Pearl Harbor day on December 7, 1941.
• India said "God had pointed a finger at my family."

1ST CONFLICT

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MELBA

• She was born on Pearl Harbor Day
• She has a mother named India
• Melba attended Central High School

MELBA

• " I can't see, I whispered."
• "Thank you for saving my eyes. God bless Danny always ."
• "In the house of the lord? Surely not."

INDIA

• She was Melba's grandma.
• She was one of the first blacks to integrate the university of Arkansas
• She discovered Melba would be one of the first blacks to attend central high school.

INDIA

• "On the battlefield for my lord."
• "Epsom salts and waters."
• "But we don't coddle niggers."

CONRAD

• He was Melba's brother.
• He gathered with his family at fair park for a Fourth of July picnic.
• Conrad lives with his mother, grandmother , and his father.

CONRAD

• "I hope you haven't told anyone else about bodies and spirits."
• " And Ethiopia shall stretch forth her wings."
• "Be patient our peoples turn will come"

LINK

• He was Melba's friend.
• He helped Melba.

LINK

• "Five minutes,that's all I ask."
• "One down, eight to go."
• "Let's take time to think about the stockings."

LOIS

• She is India's mother.
• She came in the back door with her cheerful greetings.
• She scrubbed herself in the hot suds.

LOIS

• " we'll burn the clothes you take off ."
• " we ain't gonna call the law."
• " Chances are,"