Melba Pattillo Beals | |
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Born | Melba Joy Patillo December 7, 1941 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
Education | San Francisco State University (BA) Columbia University (MA) University of San Francisco (EdD) |
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 of black students who were the first to racially integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.