The story Warriors Don’t Cry is a book written by Melba Pattillo Beals in 1994. It is an autobiography that describes the struggle nine African American students faced as they integrated their local high school. Melba is the main character and she is twelve years old. This book describes how the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools was illegal, which is known as Brown vs. Board of Education. As a result of this ruling, the African American community in Little Rock, Arkansas, decided to integrate their local high school. Melba and eight other children integrated Central High School, despite all the threats made to their families by all races. On the first day of school, Governor Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering the school building, however, Judge Ronald Davies ordered that he must disband the guards and let the students enter. All but one of the Little Rock Nine were able to finish out the year, despite many people’s effort to stop them. This book relates to the court case Brown vs. Board of Education because shortly after this ruling, the nine students integrated their local public high school because they now had the opportunity to do so as a result of the case. Warriors Don’t Cry relates to civil rights because one scene in the book describes an event where Melba got in trouble with the police for using the white women’s bathroom. Also, segregation denies people their civil rights and as we see in the story, many people tried to harm the students and their families because of their race. This book has a connection to the Fourteenth Amendment because this amendment makes slaves citizens and forbids states from denying people their civil rights. In this book, we see that white people were receiving better education and African Americans were not receiving the same opportunities to have a good education. Through the Little Rock Nine, steps towards ending segregation and gaining civil rights were made.