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Gloria Ray
Terrance Roberts
Melba Patillo
Elizabeth Eckford
Ernest Green
Minnijean Brown
Jefferson Thomas
Carlotta Walls
Thelma Mothershed
Melba Patillo
Birth: December 7, 1941
Melba was born into a family that valued education more than anything. Lois, her mother, was one of the first blacks to graduate the University of Arkansas in 1954 with a doctorate degree.