Little Rock Followup Blog

 Jeremy Chen

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Little Rock Followup Blog

    In the Western Union telegram on page 85 to 86, Woodrow Wilson states that, "Situation is out of control and police cannot disperse the mob..." in reference to the protesters that did not want integration among schools in America. This shows how hard integration was since the large amount of protesters clearly showed how most of the people living in Little Rock were against it. The fact that even the police could not disperse the mob shows how serious the situation had gotten and it makes sense that the mayor of Little Rock would write a letter to the president to help deescalate the situation.

    Something else that showed the difficulties in integration was the fact that the president himself had to address the nation due to the increased violence in Little Rock. As shown in the statement by the president on page 83, the president states that "I was pleased to hear... of the progress made in the elimination of segregation in... the state of Arkansas." By saying this, the president is showing support for integration and this would let the protesters in Little Rock know that the leader of the country is not in support of their actions. This would most likely deter the protesters from continuing their streak of violence.

    These two pieces of evidence show how difficult it was for integration to happen due to the response from both the president of the United States and the fact that the police were unable to deescalate the situation.

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