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Warriors Don’t Cry

 Melba Patillo Beals
 

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1. “God's warriors don't cry.”
 
 
2. “One nigger down, eight to go.”
 
 
3. “Please, God, let me learn how to stop being a warrior. Sometimes I just need to be a girl.”
 
 
4. “Change the rules of the game, girl, and they might not like it so much.”
“They'd think I was crazy.”
“They'd think you were no longer their victim.”
 
 
5. “Namasté” (The God in me sees and honors the God in you).
 
 
 
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