Melba Pattillo Beals

Melba Pattillo Beals
Born	Melba Joy Patillo (1941-12-07) December 7, 1941 (age 82) 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.