Kathleen "Haley" Jacobs

I listened to the JFK Mississippi crisis, where he discussed with Governor Barnett the issue of enrolling James Merideth, an African American student, into the University of Mississippi. The U.S. Supreme Court had already ruled in Merideth's favor and allowed for him to enroll into the school but Barnett argued that he "would not surrender to the evil and illegal forces of tyranny." It was Kennedy's job to argue with Barnett using vocalization rather than the harsh and forceful methods of violence so that he would not lose precious voters support in the south. It is my opinion that Kennedy handled this matter fairly well because he was able to sway Barnett over a series of multiple phone calls and got him to concede and allow for Merideth to attend Ole' Miss.