IRB Intro Post #1: Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattilo Beals

(Url: http://civilrightsteaching.org/resource/warriors-dont-cry-a-searing-memoir-of-the-battle-to-integrate-little-rocks-senior-high/)

         For this week’s IRB Intro I have chosen to read Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals. This book discusses the hardships that 9 African American students went through as they were the first minorities to integrate Little Rock’s Central High School. I have chosen this book because in the past years I have heard of the historical event but not truly understood the historical context behind it. I hope to gain a better understanding of the major event that occurred in Little Rock’s Central High School.