turn away thy terrence roberts was the best student in a group of nine, and perhaps for that reason he was to become one of the main targets of the segregationists. his father was a navy veteran and a dietitian. his mother was a caterist. the large roberts family were seven-day adventists and very religious. terrence s father attended meetings all summer discussing integration, but remained ambivalent about his son s attending central until the governor s actions made it a matter of principle. when newsmen asked terrence if the naacp had pressured to him attend central, the idealistic 15-year-old responded, quote, nobody urged me to go. the school board asked if i wanted to go. i thought if i got in, some of the other children would be able able to go and have more opportunities. on september 25th, 2007, terry roberts, the other eight members of the little rock nine, and the world, will return to little rock to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of littl
the large roberts family were seventh-day adventists and very religious. his father attend meetings all summer. discussing immigration but remained ambivalent about his son s attending central until his governor s actions made a matter of principle. if theyed parents pressured some of to attend central. responded nobody urged me to go. the school board asked about wanted to go, i thought if i got in, some of the other children would be able to go and have more opportunities. 27 27,er the 25th, terry roberts, the other eight members of the little rock nine in the world will return to little rock to remember commemorate the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of little rock central high school. i had the privilege of helping coordinate the 40th ceremony in 1997. among the many things associated with that commemoration, i accompanied terry roberts when he saw central tigers played basketball for the first time. was at central, the african american not only could not play s
former chair of the pulitzer prize forum. [applause] thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the itzer prize, and barnes andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. you to s also say thank joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to when a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the three finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. spinteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries. the board members read every finalists entry and
thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the pulitzer prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. so, let s also say thank you to joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to win a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. volunteer juries of experts spend days winnowing down the entries. the board members read every finalists entry and vote on a winner. it is with great pleasure then to presen
board. [applause] thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment of personal privilege to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the pulitzer prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. so, let s also say thank you to joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to when win a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the three finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. volunteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries down to a final three. these are submitted to the thetzer