McAPUSH: Rozsa Gomory: The President Calling JFK

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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Rozsa Gomory: The President Calling JFK

I listened to John F Kennedy and the segregation issue at the University of Mississippi. Former air force veteran and African American man, James Meredith tried to register police blockaded the school and he was unable to register. President Kennedy saw this as an absolute crisis because the United States senate had outlawed segregation in schools eight years previously. Meredith was blocked from registration by the governor of Mississippi himself, Ross Barnett. Eventually Meredith was able to attend the University of Mississippi. I think President Kennedy was acting as a man of honor because he was fighting for what he thought was right, he was fighting for an air force veteran to attend a university. I also really enjoyed listening to this information on a podcast because I thought it was very interesting and informative.