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Germany attacks the Soviet Union
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Melba was born on December 07, 1941
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On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor also had an attack the day Melba was born
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Korean War begins.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power,
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A landmark decision of the Supreme Court, declares state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying black children equal educational opportunities unconstitutional
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On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court had let only a few black able to go to an All white highschool.
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Later on May 17, Melba was walking home and a white man was trying to kidnap her, but instead he had raped her out in public.
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On May 24, 1954, the Supreme court were trying to decide how many of black students could attend the Central High School, but they were not going to start the integration until 2 years, which was September, 1957.
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Rosa Parks incites the Montgomery bus boycott
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On December 01, Melba had realized that maybe she should start a change by going to an all white school.
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Melba was in Cincinnati to visit her family, realizing her and 16 other black students will be attending Central High School
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Martin Luther King, Jr., forms the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to promote nonviolent solutions to segregation.
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Little Rock, Arkansas school desegregation
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On September 3, 1957, the Judge had set and integration to the Central High School for 17 black students to attend.
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Melba, who is very scared and frightened, goes to Central High School with huge mobs of angry white people saying black people to leave.
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The U.S Court had wanted the Governor to make an appearance
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Melba gets her 101st solider to escort her around the High School, since the other soldiers have left her.
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There were 9 black students remaining
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one of the nine little rock black students had gotten suspended from Central High School
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She goes to a university in California
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Judge Lemley to hear school Boards petition
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Melba was married to her former spouse for 7 years, but then got a divorce because she didn't want to be a 'stay home mom'
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Kellie Beals. in the in 1970s
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After 30 years exactly, the little rock nine had came together into the school.
