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Keith Anderson was born in Cleveland, Ohio (1956). He was raised in Vallejo, California and attended Vallejo Junior and Vallejo Senior High Schools; where he lettered in football, baseball, basketball and track. He received all-city and all-conference honors in football. He then attended Solano Community College and majored in journalism, while playing football and again recieved all conference honors. After finishing at Solano Community College he received a scholarship to play football at Boise State University. In 1977 Boise State University’s football team won the 1977 Big Sky Football Championship. Upon graduating from Boise State University, Anderson went on to Utah State University School of Graduate Studies on the Martin Luther King Fellowship Award. Following graduate school he became an Adjunct Speech Communication Instructor at Boise State University (18 years). In 2006 he received a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Idaho, Boise Campus. He has written 2 books and three movies, including a football murder mystery "A Black Soul Rises". He has just completed “Nathan Ricks and the Elephant’s Treasure”, an adventure about a African American teenage (not yet published). He recently had published, “From Racist to Non-Racist to Anti-Racist: Becoming Part of the Solution”. Dr. Anderson currently works with low income students via the Educational Talent Search Program at Boise State University. He gives speeches on an array of topics, including motivating students from diverse backgrounds. He also conducts seminars and teacher in-services on the topics such as multiculturalism and diversity in the classroom and teacher communicate with students from diverse backgrounds. He currently lives in Boise, Idaho.