Summary Of Melba Beals 'Warriors Don' T Cry

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Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals is a true story about hope, courage, and a change in a small Southern city; Little Rock, Arkansas. This story begins by telling a story about living a life of inequality and injustice. The characters brave spirits force them to fight for what they believe in. In the beginning of the book, Melba, the main character and author, signs up to be in a small group that will integrate to Central High School (an all white school). She and eight other students begin to risk their lives on September 25, 1957. On their first day at Central High School, a huge mob of angry white people start pushing them, calling them names, and chanting things like "Two, four, six, eight, we ain't gonna integrate!" Later that

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