Black History Month- Melba Pattillo

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