1950's Government and Politics | The Little Rock Crisis

Address to the American People on the Situation in Little Rock

Speech

By: Dwight Eisenhower

Date: September 24, 1957

Source: Eisenhower, Dwight. Address to the American People on the Situation in Little Rock. September 24, 1957. Available online at http://eisenhower.archives.gov/dl/LittleRock/littlerockdocu... ; website home page: http://eisenhower.archives.gov (accessed June 18, 2003).

About the Author: Dwight Eisenhower (1890–1969) graduated from West Point in 1915. By 1940, he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. With the eruption of World War II (1939–1945), he swiftly advanced to four-star general in 1943. That same year, he received the assignment to lead one of the largest military campaigns in world history: the D day invasion...