Choices in Little Rock; A Community Event
Featuring Dr. Terrence Roberts, a prominent member of the Little Rock Nine and an Icon of the Civil Rights Movement
Thursday, May 17, 2012
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Upper School Auditorium

Dr. Terrence Robert

Thursday May 17th, 2012 is the 58th Anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision. On this day, please join us for a very special opportunity to be in conversation with Dr. Terrence Roberts as he looks back on his historic experiences from 1957 as a 15-year-old student at Central High School Little Rock, AK. Today Dr. Roberts travels around the country sharing his powerful story of individual choices and civic participation.

Students studying Choices in Little Rock, a unit that explores the story of nine courageous students and their attempts to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, will introduce Dr. Roberts and participate in the evening. The Facing History and Ourselves Teaching Guide: Choices in Little Rock provides insight into the consequences of challenging long-held beliefs about race. This resource explores the history of segregation in the United States and its legacies.  Choices in Little Rock helps us consider how ordinary people shape a community, a state, and, ultimately, a nation.

This event is free and open to the public. A special invitation is extended to 8^th grade Boston Public School teachers of the Facing History and Ourselves Teaching Guide Choices in Little Rock. To learn more about Facing History and Ourselves and additional resources available to educators please visit www.facinghistory.org.

All students in Boston Public Schools 8th grade Civics classes engage in a study of this Facing History Unit and read Choices in Little Rock. The event is appropriate for 3rd Graders and older, or for all ages who have an interest in history, the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and hearing from Dr. Roberts.

For more information, please contact Curley parent Jeremy Nesoff who is coordinating this event.