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| − | '''Melba Pattillo Beals''' was one of the [[Little Rock Nine]]. | + | '''Melba Pattillo Beals''' (1941 - )was one of the [[Little Rock Nine]], a group of African American students who integrated all-white [[Central High School]]. |
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| + | Beal was born on December 7, 1941. Beals double majored in journalism and sociology as an undergraduate at San Francisco State University and was awarded a master's degree in broadcasting at Columbia University. She received an Ed.D. degree from the University of San Francisco in 2009. Beals is the author of two books: ''Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High'' (1994), and ''White Is a State of Mind: A Memoir'' (1999). | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | *Melba Pattillo Beals, ''Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High'' (New York: Pocket Books, 1994). | ||
| + | *Melba Pattillo Beals, ''White Is a State of Mind: A Memoir'' (Putnam Adult, 1999). | ||
| + | *Jerry Dean, "For Little Rock 9, Time Has Not Diminished Act," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' September 3, 1987. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| + | [[Category:1941 births]] | ||
[[Category:Civil Rights]] | [[Category:Civil Rights]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:56, 28 February 2010
Melba Pattillo Beals (1941 - )was one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students who integrated all-white Central High School.
Beal was born on December 7, 1941. Beals double majored in journalism and sociology as an undergraduate at San Francisco State University and was awarded a master's degree in broadcasting at Columbia University. She received an Ed.D. degree from the University of San Francisco in 2009. Beals is the author of two books: Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High (1994), and White Is a State of Mind: A Memoir (1999).
References
- Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High (New York: Pocket Books, 1994).
- Melba Pattillo Beals, White Is a State of Mind: A Memoir (Putnam Adult, 1999).
- Jerry Dean, "For Little Rock 9, Time Has Not Diminished Act," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, September 3, 1987.
