Warriors Dont Cry : A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rocks Central High

English

ISBN: 1416948821

EAN: 9781416948827

Category: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies/Education / Secondary/Biography & Autobiography / General/Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General/

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Release Date: 08/10/2007

Age Range: 12-17

Synopsis: An innocent teenager.An unexpected hero.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 of Education,Melba was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rocks Central High School.Throughout 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.This is her remarkable story.

Warriors Dont Cry : A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rocks Central High

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.7 inches

Width: 4.19 inches

Length: 7.0 inches

Weight: 4.62 oz

Pages: 240