Summary Of Warriors Don T Cry By Melba Pattillo

The book Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo follows the story of a young, sixteen year old Pattillo and the eight other African-American high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas who helped change public school systems and civil rights in America forever. Throughout the book Pattillo and the other eight brave young men and women stand down for nothing until they accomplish the task that they took into their own hands; integrating Central High School in Little Rock. The book starts off with a brief background of Melba’s early life. Born on December 7, 1941, Melba started off her life facing adversity and racism after receiving a scalp injury that lead to a massive infection during her birth. Melba didn’t receive proper treatment for her injury mainly due to the fact

When Melba was only 4 years of age she began to recognize that black people were treated differently then whites in society. At the age of 5, Melba experienced segregation first hand after being denied access to ride the merry-go-round at Fair Park due to the pigment of her skin even though she had the 5 pennies that were required to ride the ride. This experience allowed Melba to gain a better understanding of what segregation was yet she did not fully comprehend it. Melba as a young child began writing in a journal about her thoughts that were intended for only her and God to read after making comments to her mother that should not have been spoken aloud due to the hostile society of that time. As Melba grew older she became more comprehensive of the “fear and apprehension” that African-Americans were living with on a day-to-day basis. After experiencing her father and mother give into a white cashier that charged her family more than what was owed, 8 year old Melba began to question if “white people are always