President Eisenhower's Speech At Central High School

President Eisenhower once stated in a speech, “I have issued an executive order directing use of federal troops”. This speech was directed towards the people of America, more so, the people of Little Rock, Arkansas (1957). The Supreme court officially ruled that schools in the south must allow the integration African-American students. With this ruling, the violence and hate only grew forcing President Eisenhower to take action. More Specifically, at Central High School, the epicenter of all the cameras, and hate. Central High School was the first Southern school to integrate nine young African-American students. It is fair to say that, the role Federal Government had was crucial to the integration at Little Rock for the following reasons. They provided safety, a sense of seriousness, unlike the state government that only provided a presence, no more than that. They did nothing to help the integration process.
The nine students at Central High were provided a personal guard that assisted them for mostly everything. The book Warriors Don’t Cry explains, “I saw other 101st soldiers standing in intervals along the hall. I turned my back to make sure there was really a soldier following me. He was there”(96-97) this quote shows the federal government was very genuine about providing safety to the kids. With the federal government moving in like a wave and seizing the control of the lackluster performance of the state government, the overall perspective of people of the United States became very serious, because the government is proclaiming that the actions of the southern people are un american. President Eisenhower stated in his 1957 speech regarding Little Rock, “In the South, as elsewhere, citizens are knelly aware of the tremendous disservice that has been done by the people of Arkansa… thus