1. Big Decisions 2. First Day 3. Inside-Briefly 4. Integration Is the Law 5. Fighting to Learn 6. Becoming a Warrior 7. Endings and Beginnings 8. Reunion Interview Melba Pattillo Home		Back to Age 12 1950s By: Rachel S. Ohio, Age 12 Wow people wanting kill you just beacause you were one of the 9 black kids to go to a special school. I would be afraid to walk out of my own house. These people were so mean. I cannot believe that they stood there waiting foe Melba. I am so glad that white children and black children are friends. I would hate that. I would lose some of my best friends. What they did was mean!!!!! Back to Age 12