HALEY JENSEN
Personally, I think John F. Kennedy was one of the best presidents the United States of America has ever had. To me, President Kennedy seemed a fair and honest man. He knew what he had to do and knew the price he might have to pay but despite those conditions, he was still going to do what was right but he wanted to do so in a peaceful, non troublesome way. With the situation in Mississippi, JFK knew that he could lose votes from the southern people and knew that it was a risk for the next election but he also knew that he had duties to carry out with James Merideth and his rights as a human being. In which the Declaration of Independence states, "All men are created equal", and I think that had to do some with JFK's initial decision on trying to allow James Merideth to register for his classes at Ole Miss' where there was segregation and racism against James Merideth and he was denied access to go into the school and register for his classes. I also think that Govenor Barnett was a racist individual and it seemed to me like he had no respect for the president. President Kennedy wanted to solve it peacefully so nobody would get hurt or killed and it would be a non violent thing but Govenor Barnett was two face and would go behind the presidents back and say one thing to the president but then say something else to other people.(ex:the transcripts I voluntarily read between Governor Barnett and Attorney General Kennedy). I think President Kennedy did the best he could in keeping the United States under control and keeping things done in an orderly,peacefully manner but people were defiant and recalcitrant, which made it difficult on the president to keep things controlled in a peaceful manner all the time.
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