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

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


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The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, brought the promise of integration to Little Rock, Arkansas, but it was hard-won for the nine black teenagers chosen to integrate Central High School in 1957. They ran a gauntlet flanked by a rampaging mob and a heavily armed Arkansas National Guard--opposition so intense that soldiers from the elite 101st Airborne Division were called in to restore order. For Melba Beals and her eight friends those steps marked their transformation into reluctant warriors--on a battlefield that helped shape the civil rights movement.Warriors Don't Cry, drawn from Melba Beals's personal diaries, is a riveting true account of her junior year at Central High--one filled with telephone threats, brigades of attacking mothers, rogue police, fireball and acid-throwing attacks, economic blackmail, and, finally, a price upon Melba's head. With the help of her English-teacher mother; her eight fellow warriors; and her gun-toting, Bible-and-Shakespeare-loving grandmother, Melba survived. And, incredibly, from a year that would hold no sweet-sixteen parties or school plays, Melba Beals emerged with indestructible faith, courage, strength, and hope.

About the Author :
Melba Patillo Beals earned a bachelor's degree from San Franciso State University and a graduate degree from Columbia University and worked as a reporter for NBC. Warriors Don't Cry was an ALA Notable Book for 1995 and won the 1995 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award. Lisa Reneé Pitts is an accomplished actress in theater, film, and television, appearing in The Practice, The Shield, and Law & Order. A native New Yorker, she holds a BFA in theater arts from Rutgers University and resides in Burbank, California. Lisa Reneé Pitts is an accomplished actress in theater, film, and television, appearing in The Practice, The Shield, and Law & Order. A native New Yorker, she holds a BFA in theater arts from Rutgers University and resides in Burbank, California.

Review :
Beals, one of the nine black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, AR, in 1957, tells an incredible story of faith, family love, friendships, and strong personal commitment.-- "School Library Journal" "A profoundly uplifting--and also a profoundly depressing--account of the integration of Central High in Little Rock." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "Beals looks back on her Little Rock experiences as 'ultimately a positive force' that shaped her life." -- "Publishers Weekly" "Beals, one of the nine black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, AR, in 1957, tells an incredible story of faith, family love, friendships, and strong personal commitment." -- "School Library Journal" "Melba's first-hand account of her experiences gives a human touch to this highly political situation...Segregation, peer pressure, and the division of the country over the issue of integration really come alive through her words. Melba's determination to do the right thing in spite of the tremendous amount of cruelty she faced is stunning." -- "Children's Literature" "Pitts [brings] passion to the story and makes us feel the immediacy of Beals' experience." -- "AudioFile" "This is one of the most iconic moments in American civil rights history, but it was more than a moment. The nine students suffered physical attacks―Pattillo had acid flung into her eyes in one horrific incident―and intimidation from other students long after the integration had been enacted. Pattillo, who later became a reporter, reflected on those years in this searing memoir." -- "Huffington Post"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798200086924
  • Publisher: Tantor Audio
  • Publisher Imprint: Tantor Audio
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 8200086925
  • Publisher Date: 14 Nov 2011
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High


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