Melba Pattillo Beals

Melba Joy Patillo Beals 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.

7 December 1941

Born on the same birth day (7 December): Aaron Carter • Alan Faneca • Anne Fine • Armando Manzanero • Felix Calonder • Hermano da Silva Ramos • Injo of Joseon • Jeffrey Donaldson • Jennifer Carpenter • John Bennett Ramsey • Katsuya Terada • Peter Tomarken • Rick Rude • Shiri Appleby

Born in the same month (December 1941): Beau Bridges • Bob Brown (offensive lineman) • Duke Cunningham • Intikhab Alam • Kyu Sakamoto • Maurice White • Mehmet Ali Birand • Mike England • Mike Pinder • Rogier van Otterloo • Stan Mudenge • Tommy Kirk