While public schools are now filled with an assortment of different races, however it was not always as it is today. Colored people today are able to attend school with whites credited to the Little Rock Integration. Melba Patillo Beals’s autobiography on the topic in her book Warriors Don’t Cry show many examples of perseverance and prejudice that just explains how far blacks have come in terms of freedom in America. The book Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals should not only be relevant to students today, but also included in the curriculum of a freshman honors class. Everyone should know how hard it was for the Little Rock Nine to integrate. This was easy to see in the book, such as when Patillo Beals stated: “I could hear some of
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They had to go through prejudice and an unfair system of law when Minnijean, one of Patillo Beals’s friends and a part of the Little Rock Nine, got suspended. In the confusion after the attack, no one was convinced who instigated the fight and who was defending themselves. The children who attacked Minnijean accused her of retaliating and also throwing a purse at a girl. Even though she was sent home without a suspension that day, Mrs. Huckaby handed Carlotta an envelope to be given to Minnijean (Patillo Beals 238-239). That envelope ended up being a suspension notice. Minnijean was swiped of a chance to learn. Patillo Beals learned that integration wasn’t just being done for the present, but for the future. Patillo Beals spoke on her experiences in Central through her first few days: “After three full days inside Central, I know that integration is a much bigger word than I thought” (154). By saying “integration is a much bigger word than I thought”, she implied that she was realizing that whites didn’t want blacks to join their schools because of how it would affect their children in the future. They didn’t want blacks to be involved with their
They had to go through prejudice and an unfair system of law when Minnijean, one of Patillo Beals’s friends and a part of the Little Rock Nine, got suspended. In the confusion after the attack, no one was convinced who instigated the fight and who was defending themselves. The children who attacked Minnijean accused her of retaliating and also throwing a purse at a girl. Even though she was sent home without a suspension that day, Mrs. Huckaby handed Carlotta an envelope to be given to Minnijean (Patillo Beals 238-239). That envelope ended up being a suspension notice. Minnijean was swiped of a chance to learn. Patillo Beals learned that integration wasn’t just being done for the present, but for the future. Patillo Beals spoke on her experiences in Central through her first few days: “After three full days inside Central, I know that integration is a much bigger word than I thought” (154). By saying “integration is a much bigger word than I thought”, she implied that she was realizing that whites didn’t want blacks to join their schools because of how it would affect their children in the future. They didn’t want blacks to be involved with their