Warriors Don’t Cry, first published in 1994, is a non-fiction memoir written by author, educator, and journalist Melba Patillo Beals. In this book, Beals details the intense hostility she experienced as a member of the notorious “Little Rock Nine,” a group of nine African-American teenagers mandated to integrate a previously white-only high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Melba, who is only 15 years old, recounts how she suffers from severe verbal and physical abuse from the segregationists in her town. She describes how the daily attacks and death threats she incurs prevent her from living a normal teenage life. However, Melba persists in the face of adversity. During an encounter with a bully, Melba states “I will be here tomorrow and the