Screen LibraryWarriors don't cry : a searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High /
In 1957 Melba Pattillo turned sixteen. That was also the year she became a warrior on the front lines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board Education, she was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School. Thi...
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Washington Square Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
1995. ©1994 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Washington Square Press trade paperback. |
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In 1957 Melba Pattillo turned sixteen. That was also the year she became a warrior on the front lines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board Education, she was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School. This is her remarkable story. You will listen to the cruel taunts of her schoolmates and their parents. You will run with her from the threat of a lynch mob's rope. You will share her terror as she dodges lighted sticks of dynamite, and her pain as she washes away the acid sprayed into her eyes. But most of all you will share Melba's dignity and courage as she refuses to back down. |
| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780671866396 0671866397 9780671866389 0671866389 |
| Index Number: | LC214 |
| CLC: | G749.971.2 |
| Call Number: | G749.971.2/B366-1 |