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Warriors Don’t Cry:

Warriors Don’t Cry:. Discussion Guide and Historical Backdrop. History. Plessy vs. Ferguson: 1896 Supreme Court case that made it legal under the constitution to racially segregate. History: Brown vs. Board. Brown vs. Board of Education:

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Warriors Don’t Cry:

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  1. Warriors Don’t Cry: Discussion Guide and Historical Backdrop

  2. History • Plessy vs. Ferguson: • 1896 Supreme Court case that made it legal under the constitution to racially segregate.

  3. History: Brown vs. Board • Brown vs. Board of Education: • 1954 Supreme Court case that began to long process of integrating schools and end segregation. Thurgood Marshall

  4. History: The Little Rock Nine • Little Rock, 1957: • “The Little Rock Nine” as they were called, were the first African American students to be integrated within Central High School. The nine were forced out on multiple occasions by mobs, but the President eventually intervened and the students were escorted by the 101st Airborne Division to their classes. Melba PatilloBeals was one of these nine.

  5. Chapter 1 Discussion • Directions:Answer each of the following questions with your group using Chapter 1 as a guide. Each question must be written with the answers before the discussion starts. There will be one speaker for each group. When the discussion begins, the speakers must raise their hands to be spoken to! Be courteous and be quite while others are speaking. • 1. Who is the speaker in the book? Why is her story important? • 2. What happened to her as an infant? Why did she get worse? • 3. What sort of world did she grow up in? Is the world like that today? Why or why not? • 4. What is her thoughts on spirits and God? Why does she want to be white? • 5. What does she mean when she says “I could be white – I could be free”? • 6. What happened at the Grocery store? What does her family do in reaction? Why was this important for Melba as a child?

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