Which best identifies Jackie Robinson’s reason for writing his letter to President Eisenhower?
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Jackie Robinson wanted President Eisenhower to take a firm decision against racism in the United States. He was tired of waiting for the President to take a bold step, to curb racism. Jackie Robinson, in his letter called upon the President to guarantee Federal support for black civil rights.
Jack R. Robinson (1919 – 72) was an African American baseball player, the first to play in Major League baseball.
Explanation:
He hopes that the president will take immediate action to curb segregation laws at the federal level. President Eisenhower had this notion that the president should punish Governor Faubus for all those actions that did not cater to the betterment of people. Governor Faubus continued to create rifts among students and had even gone to using the National Guard to stop and then forecefully impede students from getting admission to high school.