Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
An innocent teenager.An unexpected hero. 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.
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 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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