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Segregation In President Eisenhower's Letter To Little Rock

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Eisenhower has written a letter to the citizens discussing the issue that has upset a lot of people in the town of Little Rock. This issue has caused numerous amounts of outbreaks of violence throughout the town. The authorities that are supposed to be watching over the people have neglected their posts and turned a blind eye. Things have gotten out of control and the people need to be put in place. The issue of segregated schools has always been unequal and it is time that something be done and changed. It all started September 4, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas. When a white mob gathered outside of the Central High School in Little Rock. They gathered around the first black students to attend Central High School and prevented them from going …show more content…

This situation had to deal with the fact that segregation laws are unconstitutional. As President Eisenhower once said in his letter to the citizens- As you know, the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that separate public educational facilities for the races are inherently unequal and therefore compulsory school segregation laws are unconstitutional. People in this time period had already started to change their school systems to abide by the law. In this point in time in 1957 Central High School was breaking the law set forth by the government. Eisenhower believed this to cause more problems for the order of the courts, the executive branch of the government and himself. Their job is supposed to carry out these laws and make sure the people are following them. If people were allowed to just join a mob and omit the law for a cause they believe in what would be the point of having these laws. Times are changing and some people are having a difficult time adjusting to the laws that come with the different times. Specifically in the city of Little Rock people were used to having segregated schools. So they tried to integrate the school by adding just nine African American students Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls. The …show more content…

First there was the political group which mostly agreed with President Eisenhower. The politicians and government were trying to focus on other things rather than a city issue which could be resolved easily. Another group in this time period was the South. These people did not want to give up on what they believed in. They are mostly the reason for this whole mob situation in Little Rock. Also Arkansas was a part of the solid south and the mob is where it went down. One last group would be the north and they would agree the president. This document was important to America because it was written by the president. Also this document showed President Eisenhower’s authority and is very level with the people. This event made the people realize how serious Eisenhower was about civil rights. Also the students were allowed to graduate and one of the first black students to graduate from an integrated school. In this quote Eisenhower addresses the people of Little Rock and closes his

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