Warriors Don’t Cry: Integration In Little Rock's Central High School The battlefield is full of warriors fighting for their lives. They will never know if they will live through this or any other day. That’s exactly what happens in Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals. In this book Melba experiences the integration in Little Rock’s Central High School during the 1950s. Warriors Don’t Cry is about a first hand experience in Little Rock, Arkansas. Nine African-American children were integrated into Central High School in 1947. It was very difficult for Melba to live through the school year because people k