Dont+intervene

//__ Don't Intervene __// ** Read the information below to find out what could have happened if President Eisenhower didn't make the decision to send the national guard to Little Rock Arkansas: **

After being faced with the controversial decision of whether to get involved in the dispute in Little Rock, Arkansas, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER decided not to intervene because countless members of the community and people nationwide were protesting integration already. Despite hearing WOODROW MANN’S request for the president to take action, he could not risk this decision. He felt that although blacks needed to have equal rights, by integrating, this would only put them in more danger. Eisenhower knew that there would be angry mobs awaiting the students if they continued to attempt to integrate and many of them could potentially lose their lives. It was not worth this risk. Although he had declared segregation to be unconstitutional, he didn't expect such drastic measures to be requested, such as sending in the NATIONAL GUARD in order to protect the students.



Arkansas governor, ORVAL FAUBUS felt as if he had one a great victory. He had successfully prevented these students from integrating into Central High. The monumental choice made by Eisenhower caused __other schools around the country to decide not to integrate,__ because President Eisenhower was not taking action against segregation. The segregation of students at Little Rock was a __national symbol for racism__ and as a result many other black students remained segregated from white schools and received poor educations. If schools in the U.S. didn't want blacks to integrate into their school, they didn't have to allow it to happen. They didn't look at blacks the way they looked at whites. They degraded them and segregated them in any way possible.This halted the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT drastically, and it took much longer for integration to be made possible and for African Americans to gain equal rights. Blacks felt as though they had been neglected by their very own president. Who could make equal rights possible if not their own government? JAMES MEREDITH, a young black man aspiring to attend the all white University of Mississippi, without the support of the US government, __he let go of his dream because he did not feel a successful integration would be possible__. Other civil rights activists, however still strived for equality. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., remained strong in his beliefs and led a powerful movement that fought for equality, but did not achieve as much respect throughout the country as he has today. Without President Eisenhower making this profound decision, __INTEGRATION would have moved at a much faster pace and given blacks the opportunity to receive good educations__. Blacks may have had their rights much sooner with out this decision made by Eisenhower. It was a __monumental set-back in America's civil rights.__



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