Congregation Emanu El and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Southwest Region present Dr. Terrence Roberts, member of the Little Rock Nine.  Roberts made history in 1957 as one of the nine African American students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

This event is underwritten by grants from Congregation Emanu El’s Endowment Fund and the Proler Family Fund. 

Co-sponsors include: American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Equality Texas Foundation, League of United Latin American Citizens, Congressman Al Green, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Texas Senator Rodney Ellis, Texas Representative Senfronia Thompson, Texas Civil Rights Project, Texas Southern University