Roosevelt Junior College was an institution serving African-American students, located on an 18-acre campus at 1235 Fifteenth Street in West Palm Beach, Florida.
[5] When founded, it was one of 11 black junior colleges in the state of Florida founded to resist Brown v. Board of Education by showing that "separate but equal" higher education was available for African Americans; none survive today (2018).
[6] It was abruptly closed by the Palm Beach County Board of Public Instruction in 1965, leaving a bitterness which endures among its surviving staff and alumni.
"[10] According to President Sayles, six faculty, including two librarians, were transferred to Palm Beach Junior College; the rest lost their jobs.
[15] Palm Beach Community College named a building at its Lake Worth campus for Sayles in 2003, and in 2006 held a dedication ceremony for the newly renovated Britton G. Sayles Social Science Building.