Warriors Don't Cry : A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High

More than just a historical memoir, this is a portrayal of a teenage "warrior" on the front lines of a Civil Rights firestorm. Using the diary she kept as a teenager and through news accounts, Melba Pattillo relives the harrowing year when she was selected to be one of the first nine students to integrate Little Rock's Central High School following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown vs. Board of Education. Not only will readers realize the cruelty and abuse she endured, but they will also come to know the loving family that gave her the strength to conquer hatred.