Little Rock Followup Blog - Leon

 Leon Hoang

Mr. Roddy

IHSS
May 5, 2021

Little Rock Followup Blog

My first piece of text that I found interesting is from President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s telegram message on page 85 of the Little Rock Study. Eisenhower says, “I am pleading to you as President of the United States in the interest of humanity” in need of federal troops to disperse the mob against school integration. I found it intriguing that the president of the country had to plead with Woodrow Wilson Mann, the mayor of Little Rock, and to whom the telegram was addressed. That brings up an interesting point from class; even the president needs permission from the mayor for federal troop support. Commonly in other countries, the leader would have the power to override state governments but not here. 

Another quote I found fascinating was on page 92, Mrs. Grace Lorch, the wife of Dr. Lee Lorch, professor at Philander Smith College, who said, “Leave this child alone! Why are you tormenting her? Six months from now, you will hang your heads in shame” to the crowd that was yelling insults and threatening to lynch Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine. I previously didn’t know anyone tried to help the girl out since the mob was hellbent on doing horrific things to her. I also found it interesting that even though the United States president was against the brutal racism in display, a majority of people would not follow suit. That doesn’t reflect the modern world, in which those in support of the president’s political ideas and those against are usually evenly split.             

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