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What role did the Eisenhower administration play in Civil Rights? During the 1950’s race relations in the United States began to explode and the domestic tranquility caused years of injustice for African Americans. Eisenhower, the current president, entered office committed to Civil Rights in principle, and he pushed the issue in areas of federal authority. During Eisenhower’s early years of office the public services in Washington were desegregated. But, beyond these two ideas of …

…in 1959 the Civil Rights Act still had not added a single southern black to voting rolls. Another incident that occurred during Eisenhower’s Civil Rights role was the desegregation in Little Rock’s Central High School. The principal called the National Guard in to prevent nine black students from entering after the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Eisenhower ordered paratroopers to protect the students and placed the National Guard on federal service the entire school year.