Summary of Melba Patillo Beals's Warriors Don't Cry

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#1 I was one of nine black teenagers who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. I endured a year of school days filled with events unlike any others in the history of this country.

#2 In 1957, while most teenage girls were listening to Buddy Holly’s Peggy Sue, watching Elvis gyrate, and collecting crinoline slips, I was escaping the hanging rope of a lynch mob, dodging lighted sticks of dynamite, and washing away burning acid sprayed into my eyes.

#3 Although I am perplexed by the state of race relations in America today, I am at the same time very hopeful because I have seen first-hand how God can solve all our problems.

#4 I was born on Pearl Harbor Day in 1941. My mother said that while she was giving birth to me, there was a big uproar about the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor. She remembers how astonished she was, but her focus was on the task at hand.

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Ebook: 28 April 2022