Irfan Kovankaya- The Presidents Calling

I listened to the conversation between john F Kennedy and Mississippi Governor Barnett about letting James Meredith into Ole Miss, a college in Mississippi. It is moments like these that make me realize how far we have come as a society. Although personally I am disgusted by the racism here into not letting an intelligent hard working human being not get a quality education simply due to skin color regardless of ones personal merits; it shows how much society has changed for the better in this regard. I am also impressed how JFK did not disregard the Supreme Courts decision to let James Meredith enter the class regardless of possible loss of votes in the south. He was able to carry out the courts decision while taking up most care to avoid any possible violence which to me is the mark of a good president one who uses caution to avoid violence.