Warriors don't cry

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

    Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that separate public schools for whites and blacks were illegal
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    Warriors Don't Cry timeline

  • Little Rock adopted a plan to limit integration

  • NAACP filed to make schools integrate immediately

  • Judge orders integration

  • 101st Airborne Division sent to Little Rock

  • Half of Division went back to Kentucky

  • 101st Division sent back to Kentucky

  • One of the nine black students expelled

  • Melba meets Link

  • Melba's mther is fired from her job

  • End of School Year

  • Melba attends San Francisco State University