But Beals had the heart of a fighter-and the knowledge that her true place was a free one.Ĭombined with emotive drawings and photos, this memoir paints a vivid picture of Beals' powerful early journey on the road to becoming a champion for equal rights, an acclaimed journalist, a best-selling author, and the recipient of this country's highest recognition, the Congressional Gold Medal. Why couldn't she drink from a "whites only" fountain? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home-or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her: Hold your tongue. Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. New books by Melba Beals: March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine I Will Not Fear: My Story of a Lifetime of Building Faith.
Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions. March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine. In the fall of 1957, Melba Pattillo Beals EdD ’10 and eight other black teenagers braved a gauntlet of screaming, spitting white people to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Melba Pattillo Beals is the author of the bestselling WARRIORS DONT CRY: A SEARING MEMOIR OF THE BATTLE TO INTEGRATE LITTLE ROCKS CENTRAL HIGH and the. Of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow South. From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy sellingĬomes an ardent and profound childhood memoir
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