Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
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Publisher Description
The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, brought the promise of integration to Little Rock, Arkansas, but it was hard-won for the nine black teenagers chosen to integrate Central High School in 1957. They ran a gauntlet flanked by a rampaging mob and a heavily armed Arkansas National Guard—opposition so intense that soldiers from the elite 101st Airborne Division were called in to restore order. For Melba Beals and her eight friends those steps marked their transformation into reluctant warriors—on a battlefield that helped shape the civil rights movement.
WARRIORS DON'T CRY, drawn from Melba Beals's personal diaries, is a riveting true account of her junior year at Central High—one filled with telephone threats, brigades of attacking mothers, rogue police, fireball and acid-throwing attacks, economic blackmail, and, finally, a price upon Melba's head. With the help of her English-teacher mother; her eight fellow warriors; and her gun-toting, Bible-and-Shakespeare-loving grandmother, Melba survived. And, incredibly, from a year that would hold no sweet-sixteen parties or school plays, Melba Beals emerged with indestructible faith, courage, strength, and hope.
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The author was one of nine black teenagers who in 1957 integrated their high school despite violent retaliation.
Customer Reviews
Unabridged Version Yay!
I was very happy to see read the original uncut version of the book here I needed it for a class essay and quiz. I really did enjoy this book it was amazing. Some parts I would say were very upsetting and cruel but I just can't believe what she went through I would definitely recommend this version of the book for 18 and over .
Horrible
This isn’t the full book. I hate that I had to purchase this and I don’t even have full access even though the description says it has all the pages. I want my money back, this is a huge scam
DON’T BUY
Only has the first page of each chapter