Black History Month- Melba Pattillo
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- 1. "Two, Four, six, eight we ain't gonna _______" was a chant outside the school Melba attended in 1957.
- 3. Dr. Martin Luther ____ meets with Melba and the other eight students, and tells them they are "fighting for generations not yet born".
- 4. The schools in Little Rock Arkansas were _______ for a year in 1958 to stop integration.
- 7. Melba leaves Little Rock to finish her education in this state.
- 9. Today Melba Pattillo is a _____ reminding others to keep fighting for the equality and opportunity for all races.
- 10. Melba Pattillo is considered a _____ for risking her life so that children of all ages could be educated together.
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- 2. This president sent federal troops to escort Melba and eight other students into Central High School.
- 5. At Central High school, Melba is pelted with eggs and dodges sticks of ____.
- 6. Melba's ______ was threatened several times.
- 8. Arkansas Governor Orville _______ tried to stop black students from attending schools with whites by sending in the National Guard to sop them.