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

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

Melba Pattillo Beals

336 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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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 the gauntl...

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emotional 87%
inspiring 77%
informative 72%
tense 60%
reflective 58%
challenging 50%
sad 50%
dark 45%
hopeful 20%
adventurous 4%
funny 2%
lighthearted 2%

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