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.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	336
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Washington Square Press
Fecha de Publicación	1995-02-01
Dimensiones	8.36" x 5.34" x 0.8" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Edad	12-17
Temas	Años 1950, Afroamericano, Arkansas, Sur Profundo, Día de Martin Luther King, Jr., Sudeste de EE.UU., Sur
Premios	Robert F. Kennedy Book Award 1995 (Honor Book)

Beals, Melba Pattillo

Melba Pattillo Beals is a journalist and member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who were the first to integrate Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas.