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Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions: 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. Be patient. Know your place. But Beals had the heart of a fighter-and the knowledge that her true place was a free one. This memoir paints a vivid picture of Beals's powerful early journey on the road to becoming a champion for equal rights, an acclaimed journalist, a bestselling author, and the recipient of this country's highest recognition, the Congressional Gold Medal.

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Melba Pattillo Beals, PhD, is the author of the bestselling book Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High and the recipient of both the 1995 American Library Association Nonfiction Book of the Year Award and the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. She was given a Congressional Gold Medal for her role, as a fifteen-year-old, in the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Frank Morrison is the illustrator of Out of the Ballpark by Alex Rodriguez, Queen of the Scene by Queen Latifah, and Jazzy Miz Mozetta by Brenda C. Roberts, which was awarded a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.morrisongraphics.com. Janina Edwards is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Acting Program. Based in Atlanta, she voices webinars, eLearning, and audiobooks in a variety of genres, including drama, romance, nonfiction, and mysteries.

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