Telegram from King to President Eisenhower Urging Action in Little Rock

9 September 1957
Telegram from King to President Eisenhower Urging Action in Little Rock

In this telegram King urges President Eisenhower and the Federal Government to take a stronger stand on the school intergration program in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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