Warriors Don T Cry

“Don 't be afraid of change. You might lose something, but you’ll gain something better.” This quote perfectly relates to “Remember the Titans” directed by Boaz Yakin and “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals. Both of these portray the struggles of integration and the Civil Rights Movements. “Warriors Don 't Cry” this story portrays the story of a brave group of African American individuals who take on the challenge of integrating into an all white high school. The story explains what is was like to integrate. It talks about the hatred of both blacks and whites toward these kids and the emotional toll it took on them. This story was not candy coated, giving it that “this could not have really happened” feel to the book. “Remember the

Although “Warriors Don’t Cry” and “Remember the Titans” have many differences, they also have many similarities too. Besides the fact that both the movie and book focused on the struggles black people had integrating, both show how there are not any big differences between whites and blacks. In “Warriors Don’t Cry” Melba outscored some of her white classmates in tests, proving that she is just as good or better than the other white students. In “Remember the Titans”, the more successful and starting quarterback was black. Also the defensive coordinator (who was white) benched a white player in order to play a black player because he was better. That just proves that blacks are just as good or even better than whites. In both the movie and the book, another key similarity is, if you want something bad enough and if you are willing to work hard, you can accomplish anything. In the story and the book, all characters fight through the segregation to achieve the goal they set out for. The Little Rock Nine endured, death threats, mental and physical beatings, fear, anger, and so much more just to prove that blacks are equal to whites and that they should be treated equally. In the end, they persevered and made a name not just for themselves, but for the black community. In “Remember the Titans”, the team surpassed racial boundaries to come together and win as a team. The black players could have easily quit because it was hard and they didn’t want to deal with the white players,

“Warriors Don’t Cry” and “Remember the Titans” are both true stories that illustrate the suffering and challenges black people had to overcome during integration. “Warriors Don’t Cry” gives you the ugly truth. It doesn’t sugar coat anything and gives you the facts just as it happened. It focuses on the battles that these students had to fight in and out of school. It also showed the severity and how serious the situation was. “Remember the Titans” is a feel good story. It has a happy ending and doesn’t go into the same depth that “Warriors Don’t Cry” has. The movie fixates on the integration struggles on the football field and not as much off the field. The hatred between players is not as prevalent as it was between the Little Rock Nine and the community. I enjoyed reading and watching both of these stories however, I feel that the movie skips over some key points that are picked up in the book. For these reason I think that the book does a better job of of conveying the changes brought on by the Civil Rights