Condition: Very Good. SIGNED! Inscribed, personalized (See Photos)! Packed in a BOX with cardboard backing and padding. (See Photos!) First Edition, 2010, with full number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 . Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, slight crease at front bottom left near spine edge. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California. ABOUT: He was once a scared teen, facing-off an armed soldier who denied him access to Little Rock Central High School. He was admitted only after President Eisenhower ordered the US Army's 101st Airborne Division to escort him into the school. Now Terrence Roberts is a hero of the civil rights struggle, a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. Perhaps you have seen or heard him on Oprah, The Tavis Smiley Show, The Today Show, or other media. A psychologist and former university dean, he now tours the country giving up to 100 speeches a year. This book collects key Martin Luther King Day speeches and other public addresses that reflect his core values and concerns for our society. The record of his remarkable life is a treasure for every American?indeed, every world citizen?to hold dear, to celebrate, and to emulate. "Roberts was one of the Little Rock Nine, the group of African American teenagers who were the first to integrate Central High School in the Arkansas capital in 1957. Kept from entering the school by Arkansas National Guard, the students were finally escorted into the building by U.S. Army soldiers deployed by President Eisenhower. Since that traumatic experience, Roberts went on to successful careers in education, as a professor of psychology, and business, as the CEO of a management-consulting firm. This volume brings together his collected speeches, many of which were given as commencement addresses or as part of Martin Luther King Day celebrations. The commencement-address style is typically fraught with high seriousness and a stentorian tone; fortunately, Roberts avoids both, discoursing on predictable topics?education, ethics, racism, community, and family?but doing so with humor and grace. Along the way, too, there is plenty of autobiography, not only about Little Rock but also about his life both before and after those history-changing days in 1957. The volume concludes, appropriately, with reflections on the election of President Obama. Thought provoking and inspiring commentary."