Terrance Roberts

An excellent student, ranked scholastically highest of the group of nine who entered Central High School, he seems to have suffered the worst abuse from some of his fellow students. Inside the school, before the arrival of federal troops, he had been followed in the halls, pushed, kicked and had his books knocked from his arms. Once he almost decided to quit, but felt that he couldn't desert the other eight students he had started out with. Yet Terrance continues with his life as it was. He reads as much as ever, and plays football, baseball and basketball after school. He is the kind of boy who though extremely sensitive managed the school year with poise and finished with grades far above average.