among the many things associated with that commemoration, i accompanied terry roberts when he saw the central tigers play basketball for the first time. you see when terry was at central, the african-american students not only couldn't play sports, but they couldn't even attend the games. as many in this room already know, central high school is a special place to our family. all of our children graduated there, and i have spent many years questioning why at a school in little rock, arkansas did america face its most challenging constitutional crisis since the civil war? betsy jacoway's book, "turn away thy son," is a powerful, compelling, and at times heart-breaking story of what did happen and most importantly, why it happened. to me, the most revealing part of her book is on page 228 when she writes, quote, "the lengthening chronicle of harassment of the nine led "new york times" reporter gertrude samuels to suggest the mob has moved inside the school." betsy's book takes us inside central high school in a way no one has ever done before. when when you read this very well-researche