Beals, Melba

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Melba Beals became a part of civil rights history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the group of African-American students who desegregated Central High School in Arkansas in 1957. Her experience with daily hostility and intimidation provided the focus of her writing. Beals' memoirs are moving and sobering accounts of discrimination and institutionalized racism, but they are also inspiring narratives of overcoming adversity. Start with: Warriors Don't Cry
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Beals, Melba
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Melba Beals became a part of civil rights history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the group of African-American students who desegregated Central High School in Arkansas in 1957. Her experience with daily hostility and intimidation provided the focus of her writing. Beals' memoirs are moving and sobering accounts of discrimination and institutionalized racism, but they are also inspiring narratives of overcoming adversity. Start with: Warriors Don't Cry
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  • African American
  • American
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