https://padlet.com/benbokry000/zuy6uoi7p0l5 Made with serendipity en-us 2019-02-11 15:37:58 UTC 2019-02-11 15:53:16 UTC hello@padlet.com benbokry000 https://padlet.com/benbokry000/zuy6uoi7p0l5/wish/329929103 "a white man clawed at me, grabbing me, grabbing my sleeve and yelled 'we got a n right here"(Beals 37)

A grown man putting hands on a child and called her naming her a nasty name is uncalled for but just one of the examples of how people of color were treated and the things that some would have to put up with. ]]> 2019-02-11 15:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/benbokry000/zuy6uoi7p0l5/wish/329929103 benbokry000 https://padlet.com/benbokry000/zuy6uoi7p0l5/wish/329933593 "Mother was struggling, barley able to keep ahead of her attackers. I could see them turning the corner close on her heels, moving fast towards us".(Beals 39)

Melba's mother showed a lot of courage by still trying to do everyday things even though she knew there were people out there that could have hurt her. She stood tall and never stood down. ]]> 2019-02-11 16:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/benbokry000/zuy6uoi7p0l5/wish/329933593 benbokry000 https://padlet.com/benbokry000/zuy6uoi7p0l5/wish/329938089 "The two days since i first went to central felt like i was living in some strangers life. Today I wont think of integration, I wont think of central high, and i wont think of the white people".(Beals 47)

The truth about this is that the children who were just children were treated poorly just because of there skin color. Melba had to pretend it was all okay even though it was and the truth is that it was not okay.]]> 2019-02-11 16:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/benbokry000/zuy6uoi7p0l5/wish/329938089 benbokry000 https://padlet.com/benbokry000/zuy6uoi7p0l5/wish/329943023 "As hard as i tried not to care, I couldn't start my morning without knowing what the governor, his National guards , and the school board were up to. I had to face the awful truth".(Beals 47)

A young girl at the age of 16 was a able to realize that the world wasn't right and people were not being treated fear. She said her self that it was the "awful truth" and shes right is sad the things people trying to live a normal life had to deal with. ]]> 2019-02-11 16:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/benbokry000/zuy6uoi7p0l5/wish/329943023