McAPUSH: Jake Vancore- Presidential Calling JFK

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Jake Vancore- Presidential Calling JFK

I decided to listen to the podcast of JFK and Governor Barnett discussing the conflict of James Meredith enrolling into Ole Miss. Their discussion was about James Meredith, an African American man, not being allowed to register to Ole Miss. People were protesting and not letting the young man register and President Kennedy called up Mississippi Governor Barnett to cooperate with the federal order President Kennedy was given to tell Governor Barnett to let the man register. Governor Barnett however told JFK that he had to abide with his own state's law and wouldn't comply. JFK then called him and discussed what to do make things work. I liked the way JFK handled this situation because he made it as most non-bias as possible so that Governor Barnett felt like the President was just being forced to comply orders. He also made it sound like he just wanted to make sure everything would be safe and that no harm would come to anyone. President Kennedy did a good job in my opinion of containing the situation and not having excessive violence break out.