A white, Quaker family in Santa Rosa, California who take Melba in after a call is sent out by the NAACP seeking sympathetic families who would give members of the Little Rock Nine “safe harbor” and the resources with which they could continue their educations. George McCabe is a psychologist. He and his wife, Carol, have four children. Though Melba is initially “frightened” to live with a white family, the McCabes prove to be very loving and have a positive influence on her.