Posted by DEAN SKIP RUTHERFORD – The Clinton School, in cooperation with several groups including the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Foundation and the Clinton Presidential Library and Foundation, is hosting a conference about the role President Eisenhower played in the 1957 desegregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School. The sessions are being held in the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center.
Today, students from Central High and Abilene High School in Abilene, Kansas, President Eisenhower’s high school alma mater, portrayed, through dramatic recreations, 36 individuals who were involved in the 1957 crisis, including Eisenhower and his key staff.
Saturday, former Secretary of Transportation William T. Coleman Jr., and David Nichols, author of “A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of Civil Rights Revolution” are among those speaking. A special guest will be Ann Brownell Sloane, the daughter of Eisenhower’s Attorney General, the late Herbert Brownell, who played a key role in Eisenhower’ decision to send federal troops to Little Rock.
A special thanks to the Clinton Library Staff for hosting this very interesting and informative conference.
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