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AN UNEXPECTED HERO
MELBA IS ONE THE THE STUDENT WHO INTEGRATED INTO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1957WITH NINE OTHERS. ON MAY 17, 1954 THE SUPREME COURT DECLARED THAT SEGREGATION WAS ILLEGAL WHICH MEANSTHEY COULD NOW GO TO SCHOOL WITH THE WHITES. -
THE NARROW ESCAPE
AROUND THIS PERIOD MELBA WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD AND WAS IN HER SEVENTH-GRADE CLASS AT DUNBER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. AS SHE WAS RETURNING FROM SCHOOL ONE AFTERNOON AFTER A SUDDEDN DISMISS FROM SCHOOL, MELBA WAS NEARLY RAPED BY A WHITE MAN WHO WANTED TO GIVE HER A RIDE HOME BUT SHE REFUSED HIS OFFER. LUCKILY ENOUGH MELBA WAS SAVED BY HER FRIEND MARISSA. -
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MELBA
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CHALLENGES IN INTEGRATING
MELBA AND HER MOTHER PREPARED TO GO TO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL THIS VERY DAY BUT WERE CHASED BACK BY THE CROWD WHO STOOD THERE PROTESTING THAT THEY WILL NOT INTEGRATE. THEY GOT AWAY IN THEIR CAR