{"product_id":"books-warriors-don-t-cry-by-melba-pattillo-beals","title":"Warriors Don't Cry","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn innocent teenager.\u003cbr\u003e An unexpected hero.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education, \u003c\/i\u003e Melba was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is her remarkable story.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53508215537937,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781416948827.jpg?v=1778141818","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-warriors-don-t-cry-by-melba-pattillo-beals","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}