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Melba Patillo Beals was one of nine black teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock, Arkansass Central High School in 1957. For Melba and her friends it marked their transformation into reluctant warriors--on a battlefield that helped shape the civil rights movement. Warriors Dont Cry is their riveting story. Optioned by Disney for a feature film. nIn this compelling autobiographical account by one of the Civil Rights Movements most powerful figures, Beals explores not only the power of racism, but also the ideas of justice and identity. nIn 1957, well before Martin Luther Kings 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 Rocks Central High School in the wake of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education. n nThroughout her harrowing ordeal, Melba was taunted by her schoolmates and their parents, threatened by a lynch mobs 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. n nWarriors Dont Cry is, at times, a difficult but necessary reminder of the valuable lessons we can learn from our nations 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.n
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