Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

In this essential autobiographical account by one of the Civil Rights Movement's most powerful figures, Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine explores not only the oppressive force of racism, but the ability of young people to change ideas of race and identity.

In 1957, well before Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, Melba Pattillo Beals and eight other teenagers became iconic symbols for the Civil Rights Movement and the dismantling of Jim Crow in the American South as they integrated Little Rock's Central High School in the wake of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education.

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.

Warriors Don't Cry is, at times, a difficult but necessary reminder of the valuable lessons we can learn from our nation's past. It is a story of courage and the bravery of a handful of young, black students who used their voices to influence change during a turbulent time.

Melba Pattillo Beals was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her role in the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, when she was 15 years old. She is a former KQED television presenter, NBC television news reporter, ABC radio talk show host, and writer for several magazines, including Family Circle and People. She has a doctorate in International Multicultural Teaching. Warriors Don't Cry by Beals has been in print for more than 20 years, has sold over 1 million copies, and was awarded the American Library Association's Robert F. Kennedy Award. The American Booksellers' Association Award and the Kennedy Book Award. She is the mother of three adult children and resides in San Francisco.

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ISBN 13	9781416948827
ISBN 10	1416948821
Title	Warriors Don't Cry
Author	Melba Pattillo Beals
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2007-07-24
Number of pages	240
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