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Warriors Don't Cry

A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High

In 1957, Melba Pattillo turned sixteen. That was also the year she became a warrior on the front lines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, Melba was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School.

Throughout her harrowing ordeal, Melba was taunted by her schoolmates and their parents, threatened by a lynch mob's rope, attacked with lighted sticks of dynamite, and injured by acid sprayed in her eyes. But through it all, she acted with dignity and courage, and refused to back down. This is her remarkable story.

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"Beals, one of the nine black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, AR, in 1957, tells an incredible story of faith, family love, friendships, and strong personal commitment." -- School Library Journal

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Recommended Age 12 and up
Special Features Mighty Girl Top Picks
Author Melba Pattillo Beals
ISBN 0671866397
Publication Date Feb 1, 1995
Publisher Washington Square Press
Language English