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5 How did the kids inside the school behave?

They were organized to get us out. Period. They had been trained by the segregationists, and most of them were quite hostile. Now, in the beginning, there were a few children who were very sweet and who tried to be at least civil. But within days, these kids had stopped being friendly. They were threatened by their classmates. And some of them actually got beaten up. So they looked the other way. Sometimes painfully, I'm sure, but they looked the other way.
Melba Beals

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