Beals 'Warriors Don' T Cry

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Beals is the author of the book “Warriors don’t cry”. The author does not use the book as a race baiting propaganda because racism was very rampant during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The book describes the historical events that took place at that period of time between people from different racial backgrounds. People from different races were not allowed to mingle and share the same resources such as hospitals and schools. This happened intentionally or non-intentionally as a result of where one was brought up from. According to the story, Melba and the other Little Rock Nine students were going back to their home state in Arkansas. It is right for anyone to go back home despite their differences with other people. Melba and the other eight black women and men did not commit a huge crime by going back home to visit the governor. People have a freedom to move to anywhere they want at any time they want to but in history this was not the case. One would be greatly humiliated for trying to acquire resources meant for the Native Americans. The author portrays African American as unified people fighting for equal rights with one unified voice. She characterizes them as…show more content…
This was not a biased decision as the same was agreed upon by the court. In order to end racial segregation it was important that people from the two races learn how to live together despite their animosity towards each other. People could only learn to live together when such programs are put in place together with policies and law enforcements to back it up. An example of such a historic event is when the United Nations convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination was formed to ensure that there was racial equity in various countries through creating awareness and facilitating the enactment of such laws that prevent social

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