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My Warrior Self 

​Unit two will challenge students to discover what it means to be a warrior in their own lives. Students will understand that overwhelming obstacles, both personal and systematic, can occur in one’s life. Real-world warriors make the decision to face these obstacles head on and persevere through challenges in ways that have a lasting positive impact on themselves and others. Students will explore external and internal conflicts experienced as the real-world warriors persevere against overwhelming odds. By reading a variety of accounts of adolescent and adult real-world warriors who stood up for causes bigger than themselves, students will come to view themselves as individuals who can also champion a cause for the good of others and themselves. As students evaluate the accounts presented in each text, they will also be asked to consider the need to become a real-world warrior in their own lives.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Synopsis District of Columbia Public Schools

Required Nightly Readings for Mrs. Peters-Bryant ELA 7 class.

Please be prepared to Analyze and Summarize during class

  • Pearl Harbor pg. 1

  • Epsons Salts pg.2

  • When Will Get a Chance to be in Charge? pg. 3

  • Park Hill, the merry-go-round pg. 4

  • Private Talks pg. 5 

  • My Diary pg. 6

  • The Mystery of White Folk Expectation for Black people pg. 7

  • Mr. Wylan's Store pg. 8

  • The Overcharge pg. 9

  • Grandma India Attempt to Boycott pg. 10

  • Ethiopia to Streatch forth Her Wings pg. 11

  • May 17th 1954, Brown v. Board of Education Topeka,  Kansas 

  • The Teacher's Reaction pg.12-13

  • The Unthinkable pg.16

  • The Bath pg. 17

  • Grandma India and Dad's Reaction, pg. 18

  • Pray pg. 18

  • I Volunteered pg.19​

  • February 8th, 1956 pg. 20

  • Percentage Poll to accept integration pg,20​

  • Cincinnati pg.21

  • Thurgood Marshall and the NACCP pg. 22

  • The Little Rock Nine pg. 25-26

  • Segragationist and Intergrationist pg. 28

  • Mr. Higgenbottom and Grandma Protection pg.29

  • Faubus Call the National Guard to Keep School Segregated pg.30-31​

  • The Neighborhood Backlash pg. 34

  • The Angry Mob pg. 35

  • Elizabeth Denied Entrance pg.36

  • Elizabeth Bus Stop pg.37​

  • Melba's Mob pg.37

  • Soldiers Block Central Entrance pg. 42​

  • Melba Pains Life Changes-Community Center pg.44​

  • Vince pg. 45

  • Threatening Phone Calls & Stand Guard pg.46

  • President Eisenhower (Federal) & Govenor Faubus (State) Integration Cooperation pg. 48

  • Spending Quality Time with Grandma India and Vince pg.48-51​​​

  • My Girlfriend pg. 52

  • The Argument: Whether the State Government, Can Devy, the Federal

  • Courts Ruling-Summons Sent to Faubus from the President pg. 53

  • The Compromise Request from Govenor Faubus pg. 54

  • Little Rock Nine pg.56

  • Q & A Conference for the Little Rock Nine pg. 57

  • Melba Conference Confidence pg. 58

  • Not a Real Date pg.59

  • Fabus Continue to Fight Not to Integrate pg.60

  • Melba's Hopes of Meeting Governor Faubus pg. 61

  • My Dark Glasses pg. 62

  • The Courtroom pg. 63

  • Thelma Mothershed pg. 64

  • Tom Harper Represent Faubus pg. 65

  • Harper Argues Faubus will not Concede to the Federal Government pg. 65

  • Amicus Curiae pg. 66​

  • Lunch Time pg. 66

  • Ernest Green and Elizabeth Eckford Testify pg. 67

  • Judge Davies Renders a Decison pg. 68

  • My Cross Mark on the Calendar pg. 69

  • The First Day of School pg. 70

  • "Like Entering a Darkend Movie Theater" pg. 71​

  • The Angry Frenzy Continued and the Description of Cental High pg. 72

  • " You Wanted Integration....You Got Integration" pg. 73

  • Verbal Abuse and Assaults pg. 74

  • My Teacher Ignored Me pg. 75

  • The Gym Teacher pg. 76​

  • "God Never Loses One of His Flock" pg. 77

  • "We May Have to Let the Mob Have One of Those Kids" pg. 78

  • Mrs. Pickwick pg. 79

  • "They're Children" pg. 80

  • Gene Smith, Assistant Chief of the Little Rock Police pg. 81

  • The Great Escape pg. 82-83

  • Central High Under Siege pg. 84​

  • Live Viewing of the Unrully Mob pg. 85

  • "No Space for Me at Central High pg. 86

  • "The School Atmosphere was not Conducive to Study" pg. 87

  • " Two, Four, Six, Eight, We Won't Intergrate pg. 88

  • A Cooling off Period pg. 89​​

  • 1200 Paratroopers pg. 90

  • " Mr. Faubus, the President has called Your Bluff" pg. 91

  • "A Message From Your President" pg. 92

  • "Different From Them" pg. 93

  • White People Horrified pg. 94

  • "Yes, This is the United States pg.95​

  • Melba, My Name is Danny pg. 96​

  • Diagramming Sentences pg. 97​

  • Mrs. Pickwick's Shorthand Class pg. 98​

  • The Cafeteria pg. 99​

  • Gym Class pg. 100​

  • " Don't Move, Stand Absolutely Still" pg. 101​

  • ​Outrageous Behavior pg. 102

  • I Was Going Home pg. 103

  • "Are You Going Back Tomorrow?" pg. 104

  • My Color is Inconvient Right Now pg. 105

  • I hated the Peggy Sue Song pg. 106

  • She Spat in My Face pg.107

  • Report Assault to the Principal's Office pg.108

  • Duck and Scampered pg. 107

  • Unsympathetic Tone pg. 108

  • Weary, But I Must be a Soldier pg. 109

  • Danny & God: The Quiet Stairwell pg. 110

  • A Stick of Dynamite pg. 111

  • The Pep Ralley pg. 112

  • Training in Self Defense pg. 113​

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  • No Longer Like My Friends pg. 114

  • J Edgar Hoover Angered by Faubus pg. 115

  • My First Date pg. 116​

  • Looked for Danny pg. 117​

  • National Guards Take Over pg.118

  • " Bombs Away" pg. 119

  • 101st Was Brought Back pg. 120

  • A New Level of Restlessness pg. 121

  • Alkaline or Acid pg. 122

  • Danny Saved My Eyesight pg. 123

  • "Sadness and Exhaustion" pg. 124

  • Saint Andrew Cathedral pg. 125

  • Open Dialogue pg. 126

  • October 28 pg. 128

  • Disrepected pg. 129

  • Minnijean Musical Stage Performance pg. 130​

  • Stress and Uncessary Attention pg. 131

  • The Chapel Invitation pg. 132

  • Conrad's Stingy Ways pg. 133

  • Forego Segragationist Prosecution pg. 134​

  • I Spoke About God pg. 135​

  • Something in Common pg. 136

  • Integrated Turkey pg. 137​

  • Mind Your P's and Q's pg. 138

  • Danny Was Gone pg. 139

  • The Situation was Worsening pg. 140​

  • Sweet Sixteen pg. 141

  • Personal and Sacred pg. 142

  • Terms of Students pg. 143

  • "Long Time No See" pg. 144

  • "You'all Are Not Just One of Us Anymore" pg. 145

  • "Especially on Your Birthday" pg. 146

  • "Integration Stole My Sweet Sixteen" pg. 147

  • Tuesday Was Hot Chili Day pg. 148

  • "Minnijean Was Trapped" pg. 149

  • "She Done Got Herself Suspended" pg. 150

  • January 3rd, The New Year pg. 151

  • Delta Sigma Theta Sority pg. 152

  • Tonight I Feel Love From My Own pg. 153

  • Papa Will and Moma pg. 154

  • AP's Best List: launching of Sputnik, & President Eisenhower’s stroke  pg. 155​

  • New Years Resolutions pg. 156​​

  • Coping Was Difficult pg. 157

  • Night Time Rally pg. 158

  • "Invisible for a Month or Two" pg. 159*

  • Good Idea pg. 160

  • Don't You Know I Love You?  pg. 161

  • Sealed Envelope pg. 162

  • A Psychiatrist to Determine pg. 163

  • Dignity is a State of Mind pg. 164

  • Change the Rules of the Game pg. 165

  • Minnijean Expelled pg.166

  • Fabulous Opportunity pg. 167​

  • Field Day pg. 168

  • Thank You Andy pg. 169

  •  Fighting In War Time pg. 170

  • “Hey, Melba, you gotta get out of here.” pg. 171

  • "My Name is Link, You're Gonna Get Us Both Killed" pg. 172

  • Saving Me One More Time pg. 173​
     

  • Whos Car is That? pg. 174

  • “You mean to tell me that car belongs to some Central High white boy?” pg. 175

  • Link's Car pg. 176

  • "He acknowledged me in some way" pg. 177

  • En Route to Lunch pg. 178

  • My Safe Seat Seemed to be a Trap pg. 179

  • Set Me Up for Explusion pg. 180

  • "I felt safer, even comfortable, as something inside me settled to its center." pg. 181

  • H"e’d help them get me later for sure" pg. 182

  • Links Motives pg. 183

  • He Was Taking a Bigger Risk pg. 184

  • A Bigger Trap for Me pg. 185

  • Link a Traitor or a Warrior pg. 186​

  • ​Nylon Stockings and Little Heels pg. 187

  • Sacrafice List pg. 189

  • Traditional Senior Events pg. 190​

  • Don't Give Me That God Stuff pg. 191

  • The Election Pamphlets pg. 192​

  • “He isn’t for Race Mixing,"pg. 193

  • " Their Own Judge pg. 194​

  • The Mikado pg. 195

  • “The Meeting Proposal” pg. 196

  • I Lied pg. 197

  • "She’s been with me all my life.” pg. 198

  • “Nana, I want you to meet my friend Melba,” pg. 199

  • Mrs. Healy pg. 200

  • "Colored Folks are Used to Doing Without" pg. 201

  • " Team Grandma India and Link" pg. 202​

  • The Teaching Contract pg. 203

  • North Little Rock’s School Headquarters pg. 204

  • "Sitting and Wishing" pg. 205

  • “Withdraw From That School," pg. 206

  • "CHS CRISIS COST HER JOB" pg. 207

  • "Too Uppity" pg. 208

  • All Apple pg. 209

  • Carrying Her Contract pg. 210

  • "More Like Eight Funerals" pg. 211

  • Ten Thousand Dollar's Reward pg. 212​

  • "Melba, You Don't Have to Integrate Anymore" pg. 213

  • Not Allowed to Attend pg. 214

  • Ernie Green pg. 215

  • Link's Grief pg. 216

  • Robert S.Abbot Award pg. 217

  • Govenor Faubus Last Words pg. 218

  • George and Carol McCabe pg.219

  • Forbidden Fences pg. 220

  • The Philosophical Difference pg. 221

  • "Costly to the Separator as to those who would be Separated." pg. 222

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