IHSS: Little Rock Follow Up Blog

Alex Gross

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IHSS

5 May 2021

IHSS: Little Rock Follow-Up Blog

The first piece of text that I chose to examine is from President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s telegram message to Mr. Brown on Page 80 of the Little Rock Study Guide: “To support and defend the Constitution of the United States is my solemn oath as your president … I believe that America’s heart goes out to you and your children in your present ordeal.” To me this quote is very impactful and important in regards to the situation in Little Rock, and for segregation and racism in general. This shows a President saying that he will do his job that he swore to do in an oath to our country, but also shows him giving his empathy and sympathy from the entire country.

The next quote I analyzed is “I had the best of both worlds. I had cracked this white institution and still had all of my friends who were super-supportive of what I was trying to do” from an interview with Ernest Green, the first black student to graduate from Central High School on Page 117. Though this quote demonstrates what Ernest considered a good life that he was able to have during segregation, I really think it highlights why segregation could never produce a good life for everyone involved. He said that he enjoyed the fact that he was able to go to the school that was typically only white students, but be friends with all the black students from the school he would’ve gone to, however in a world where segregation is enforced this life he lived would have been impossible for almost every black person. This is why Ernest’s case couldn’t just be a one off; integration was proven necessary.

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