This information is from (http://nixonfoundation.org/2013/02/robert-brown-president-nixon-strong-on-civil-rights/) this could hint that it is biased as it is dedicated to him and miss out the negative points. I believe that this helped African Americans as they were allowed higher paying jobs in authority. The African Americans weren’t allowed to work in the government under any presidency in the past. This gave black people an opportunity for better jobs and higher pay which meant that they had a better quality of life. This showed us that there was progress in the civil rights movement especially with the government and their plans. JFK also said from an extract of his speech for the civil rights act 1963 (source 1): ‘If he cannot vote for the public officials who represent him, if, in short he cannot enjoy the full and free life which all of us want then who among us would be content to have the colour of his skin” This quote shows us that JFK is supporting the black people. This shows that things have changed in order for the politicians to listen to the black people and try and help …show more content…
They were eventually allowed to go to the school and they were guarded by army troops. In source 2 Elizabeth Eckford described how even though she was allowed to go to the school she has to have guards to secure her safety and even still she was spat on. This source was written by one of the little rock nine: Elizabeth Eckford. This showed how things had changed but it still showed how people still hated black people. The law had changed but it wasn’t enough change people’s