Oluwafemi Kukoyi December 3‚2013 English Period 7 Gang Violence: Death of a Friend In the United States‚ there are over 1.4 million gang members. With such small percentage of the U.S‚ their the reason why most kids such as Isaac Johnson‚ 17 years old killed by the crossfire; are fearing for their life every day. They say don’t blame the streets‚ blame the people in it. I look back‚ and see all the “Hard work” America have done to change the life styles of Gang Bangers. Based on the results
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Little Rock‚ Arkansas. As a child‚ Melba Beals new little of the world outside of her colored neighborhood. As she grew older‚ the actions of the adults around her ingrained
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schools ("Melba Patillo Beals"1). One person who strived to make a change‚ and end segregated schools was Melba Beals. She and eight other of her friends‚ (known as "The Little Rock 9")‚ attended an all white school‚ making a huge‚ progressive‚ step forward in the Civil Rights Movement. Beals faced angry‚ white‚ mobs discriminating against her‚ day by day‚ but still managed to find the courage to go to school everyday‚ thus making her a worthy hero in our society and in history. Melba Beals was born
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African-American students challenged institutionalized segregation in Little Rock‚ Arkansas‚ simply by enrolling in Central High School‚ a formerly all-white school. Melba Patillo Beals was one of the nine determined students who attempted to desegregate the public school system in Little Rock. She later wrote about her experiences in Warriors Don’t Cry‚ a forthright memoir with the ability to transport its readers into the halls of Central High School and onto the streets of Little Rock during a metamorphic
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Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior on the front lines during the times of the Civil War. Though Melba and her friends apart of the Little Rock 9‚ never held a gun‚ and never had to harm anyone‚ they were still fierce warriors. Melba and her friends fought for the right of a proper education for the African-American population in America by going to an all white school where nobody wanted them. Each day‚ Melba suffered through attack after attack from the other students because they didn’t want her
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your midst. An ‘outcast’ has now become your terminal label- segregated‚ judged‚ despised. Does this story sound familiar? Yes‚ it does‚ as millions of books in the 21st century alone‚ have exhibited these themes. While eloquently written‚ Melba Patillo Beals unoriginality in the subject of hardships in African American lives in the time of severe oppression makes this story a tale told too often‚ which should not be exposed to a classroom of easily distracted teenagers.
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can hate‚ they can be taught to love.” Nelson Mandela. During integration a lot of people hated the nine black students who integrated into Little Rock High. But once they got to know the nine students‚ the started to understand them. In “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Patillo‚ they hated them for a long time but some were kind. In “Remember The Titans” the football players were hated for being on the team but more people liked them as the season went on. In both the book and movie they are hated then
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98/99-481 Warriors Don’t Cry The 1950’s a time where so-called Negros was not allowed to use the same public facilities as whites. Melba Pattillo Beals was one of nine black teenagers who integrated central high school in Little Rock Arkansas‚ in 1957. At the age of fifteen her life is about to change forever. The book‚ “Warriors Don’t Cry”‚ drawn from Melba Beal’s personal diaries is a spellbinding true account of her first year at Central High. I believed that Melba was molded into a warrior due to
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difficult. Jackie Robinson‚ Melba Patillo Beals‚ and Feng Ru all had life changing experiences. In the autobiography “I Never Had it Made” by Jackie Robinson‚ he was the first African American to play in the major leagues‚ In “Warriors Don’t cry” By Melba Patillo Beals‚ she was the first African American to go to an all white school‚ and In the “The Father of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maksel‚ Feng Ru brought aviation to China. Jackie Robinson‚ Melba Pattillo Beals‚ and Feng Ru all faced turning
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Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals-a first-hand account of the integration of Central High School in Little Rock‚ Arkansas‚ in 1957. The book explores not only the power of racism but also such ideas as justice‚ identity‚ loyalty‚ and choice. Melba Patillo Beals was born on December 7‚ 1941‚ in Little Rock‚ Arkansas‚ on the same day that Japanese troops bombed the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor (now called Pearl Harbor Day). The first-born child of Lois and Will Patillo‚ Beals was born
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