Lecture by Dr. Terrence Roberts

Dr. Terrence Roberts, one of the “Little Rock Nine” will speak at Glendale Community College on Wednesday, Feb. 29 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Auditorium.

            Roberts was one of nine African-American teenagers who volunteered to enroll in all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 in response to Brown v. the Board of Education (1954).  It was one of the most important events in America’s civil rights movement.  He and the other eight students received the Congressional Gold Medal and they were the subject of an academy award winning documentary, “Nine From Little Rock.”

             Roberts is now CEO of Terrence J. Roberts & Associates, a management consultant firm devoted to fair and equitable practices in business and industry.  He is a graduate of CSULA and UCLA.  He earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Southern Illinois University.

The presentation is part of the Humanities/Social Science Lecture Series for Black History Month and is also sponsored by the Cultural Diversity program and the Associated Students.  

Admission to the talk is free and open to the public.  There will be a luncheon following the presentation in the Faculty Dining Room.  The cost for lunch is $11 and reservations are required.  Please contact jmoore@glendale.edu for information about the luncheon.

The college is located at 1500 N. Verdugo Rd., Glendale, CA.