One of the most common and important heroes in black history is Melba Pattillo. Although you don't hear about her individually, I know you have heard of the Little Rock Nine; Melba, along with Ernest Green, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Gloria Ray-Karlmark, Carlotta Walls, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts, and Jefferson Thomas, all kings and queens in their own right, lives changed drastically when they stepped foot onto Central High School campus.

Melba Pattillo is a inspiration to me because not only was she a outcast and target in the school, she along with the other eight students who segregated the school were bullied everyday. Between facing hostility, persecution and being bullied, Melba endured a lot daily. She even got