Worriers Don T Cry Book Report

In the book, Worriers Don't Cry, by a woman named Melba. Melba and eight of her former class mates, now in their forties, black men and women return to their childhood home of Little Rock, Arkansas to meet with the former governor, Bill Clinton. As the narrator and author, Melba explains how the then small gathering of students known as the "Little Rock Nine", is returning to visit their high school, Central High School. In 1957 as late aged teenagers they were the first nine African-American students to attend and be integrated into the former whites only school. As a 12 year old, Melba lived through the Supreme Court case that decided it was illegal to have all white schools anymore. This case is later known as Brown vs the Board of Education. In the immediate years that followed the ruling, Melba notices that there is practically no change, she still currently attended the persons of color high school. Then sixteen students including herself, bravely signed up to transfer to the all white school. Due to the ongoing and continuous threat of violence, the
Again, they were blockaded by the angry mob of white people. During the middle of one of Melba's classes she is forced to run for safety in the principals off because the mob had broken the barrier that was holding them back and began charging the school. One person in the office suggested that they give the crowd one of the students to kill so the others could run to a secure location. Thankfully, the police assistant chief, Gene Smith smuggled all of the students out of the school. On Tuesday, Melba stays home after what happened at the school on Monday. Melba reads that President Eisenhower made an announcement, saying that the use of force will be used to prevent any white mobs and uphold the federal law. On Wednesday, Eisenhower kept true to his word and the one hundred first airborne division arrived to the