Melba Beals Books
White Is a State of Mind
By Melba Beals, Melba Patillo Beals
In 1957, while most teenage girls were listening to Buddy Holly's "Peggy Sue," watching Elvis gyrate, and having slumber parties, fifteen-year-old Melba Pattillo was escaping the hanging rope of a...
Read MoreWarriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
By Melba Beals, Melba Pattillo Beals
The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, brought the promise of integration to Little Rock, Arkansas, but it was hard-won for the nine black teenagers chosen to integrat...
Read MoreI will not fear
By Melba Beals
In I Will Not Fear, Beals takes you on an unforgettable journey through terror, oppression, and persecution, highlighting the kind of faith we all need to survive in a world full of hearbreak and a...
Read More