Melba Pattillo Beals helped the education of African American students by breaking down barriers that kept them segregated. She was one of the Little Rock 9 Warriors. She volunteered to transfer to an all white school where she was harassed, and persevered. …show more content…
She is part of Little Rock Nine student who became the first African Americans to attend an all white school after Brown VS Board of Education
President Eisenhower ordered that they were escorted or walked onto campus to ensure their safety. Beals also graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism and a master's degree in the same field at the University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism. She has served as a communications consultant, an incentive speaker, and a reporter for San Francisco Public Television and NBC members of the Bay Area.
Just like Melba pattillo Beals, Jackie Robinson also faced Racism, and even got threatened by whites, but he didn’t give up his dream. He kept going and Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues baseball. In 1947, he made history by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers professional team, which helped end racial segregation in