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    Melba Joy Patillo Beals (née Pattillo; born December 7, 1941) is an American journalist and educator who was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group...
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    Gloria Ray Karlmark (b. 1942), Thelma Mothershed (b. 1940), and Melba Pattillo Beals (b. 1941). Ernest Green was the first African American to graduate...
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    featured Amandla Stenberg. Biography portal United States portal Melba Pattillo Beals Nine from Little Rock "Distinguished Eagle Scout Award" (PDF). Fact...
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  • American film actress Melba Pattillo Beals (born 1941), American journalist and member of the Little Rock Nine Othilia Carroll Beals (1875–1970), American...
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    Newport News, Virginia Laid down 19 November 2022 Sponsored by Melba Pattillo Beals, Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Elizabeth Eckford, Gloria Ray Karlmark...
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    and outside the school for the remainder of the school year. As Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the nine students, wrote in her diary, "After three full...
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    Gloria Ray Karlmark (b. 1942), Thelma Mothershed (b. 1940), and Melba Pattillo Beals (b. 1941). One black student, Minnijean Brown, was expelled for retaliating...
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    plates will remain affixed to the submarine throughout its life. Melba Pattillo Beals and Minnijean Brown-Trickey were also named sponsors of the ship...
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    SS Cynthia Olson was sunk by the Japanese submarine I-26. Born: Melba Pattillo Beals, journalist and member of the Little Rock Nine, in Little Rock, Arkansas...
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  • 1940 – Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1941 – Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist 1942 – Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter...
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