Comparison of Eisenhower, Johnson and Kennedy essays

Comparison of Eisenhower, Johnson and Kennedy essays Dwight Eisenhower demonstrated the least amount of leadership when it came to civil rights. He did appoint Earl Warren as Chief Justice and did not support the decision and believed that changing the law could not change the hearts of men. (Davidson 1146) He is probably remembered most for his support of Orval Faubus in the Little Rock Central High crisis. Eisenhower was forced to call in the National Guard to control the angry John Kennedy appointed several African Americans to federal courts but many of his hopes for civil rights were never achieved. After trying to settle an integration issue at the University of Mississippi by appealing to people, Kennedy had to send in federal troops to settle the rioting. However, by then two individuals had been killed. Things became more complicated with Martin Luther King defended civil disobedience. (1169) When King announced a march on Washington, Kennedy tried to dissuade him from it. When that proved impossible, Kennedy "made the march his own" (1170). His support did win him favor among African Americans but at the same time it distanced Kennedy from southern whites and other races in the north. Kennedy was in Dallas rallying support from southerners when he was Lyndon Johnson was the most successful when it came to legislation concerning civil rights. He was responsible for passing the Civil Right's Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination in public places. This bill has been noted as one of the greatest moments in the history of American reform. (1171). In 1965, he sent the National Guard to protect a group of demonstrators who were gathered to walk from Selena to Montgomery, Alabama with Martin Luther King. In addition, the Voting Rights Act was passed in ...