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Lessons from Little Rock
(Hardcover)
~ Terrence
Roberts (Author)
Review
"A remarkable and powerful story
of personal strength." - Paul Robert Walker, author of Remember
Little Rock"
Hardcover: 200 pages
Publisher: Butler
Center for Arkansas
Studies; 1 edition (October 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935106112
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A candid personal account of a civil rights milestone in the
history of the U.S., October 11, 2009
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This review is from: Lessons
from Little Rock (Hardcover)
Dr. Terrence Roberts has written poignantly about the events of
1957 at Central High
School in Little Rock,
Arkansas where he was one of nine
black students to volunteer as participants in the integration of the all white
high school. The book also describes the black culture in Little Rock which helped to support and
sustain him throughout his ordeal. Family, neighborhood and church helped to
counteract the vicious threats and attacks which he endured throughout that
school year. Lessons are drawn about the nature of racism and the need for
education and personal transformation in U.S. society. Highly
recommended.
Review: University of Arkansas Press:
One
of the Little Rock
Nine tells how his life changed when he became a symbol of desegregation
“A remarkable and powerful story of personal strength.”
—Paul Robert Walker, author of Remember
Little Rock
Sober news reports of a U.S. Army convoy rumbling across the bridge into Little Rock cannot overpower this intimate, powerful,
personal account of the integration of Little Rock Central
High School. Showing what
it felt like to be one of those nine students who wanted only a good high
school education, Roberts’s rich narrative and candid voice take readers
through that rocky year, helping us realize that the historic events of the
Little Rock integration crisis happened to real people—to children, parents,
our fellow citizens.
Terrence Roberts
graduated from California
State University
and earned a PhD in psychology from Southern Illinois University. He now
resides in California,
where he owns and directs a management consulting firm. President Clinton presented
Roberts with the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999. Roberts is a frequent public
speaker and has been featured on Good
Morning America, The Today Show,
The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rachel Maddow Show,
and NPR’s Tavis Smiley Show.
October 2009
$24.95 cloth
978-1-935106-11-1 | 1-935106-11-2
200 pages, 6 x 9, index
30 b/w photos, many never before
published