Melba goes to Central High for her first day of class
Judge Davies rules that the Arkansas National Guard must be removed and that the Little Rock Nine must be allowed into Central High School
Melba goes to class for the first time only to be forced to leave because of an angry mob of white people
Melba is assigned her own bodyguard named Danny from the 101st Airborne
Minnijean is suspended after throwing hot chili on two white boys
Judge Davies is removed from the Little Rock integration lawsuits and replaced by an Arkansas judge named Harry Lemley
Melba finishes her first school year at Central High
Melba and fellow black students begin a tour of the northern states
Melba tries to enter Central High for second year
Melba moves to Santa Rosa to live with a white Quaker family after the NAACP says it will be too stressful on families to try and enroll in a second year
Melba attends San Francisco State University which predominantly consists of white students