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Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High

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Book Description
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 ... More

Book Information
PublisherWashington Square Press
BindingPaperback (19 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages336
ISBN-100671866397
ISBN-13978-0671866396
Publication Date02/01/1995
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About Melba Patillo Beals (Author) : Melba Patillo Beals is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Melba Patillo Beals include Warriors Don't Cry.
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