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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669397182

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 1

#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.

#5

I was three years old when I first experienced segregation in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1945. I was always afraid of white people, and would hide from them whenever I could.

#6

My life was centered around the big, old, white wood-frame house at 1121 Cross Street that was my home. I lived there with my mother, Lois, her mother, India, and my father, Howell.

#7

I loved visiting Grandma India’s house. Her bedroom was filled with her dibbies, the name she gave to the personal things that she treasured and held close to her heart.

#8

I had a room that was filled with stuffed animals and my huge brown Raggedy Ann doll. I spent hours daydreaming in there as I listened to music or radio shows. I could be whoever