Civil Rights

 
President Eisenhower with civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. and E. Frederic Morrow, the first African American to hold an executive position in the White House.

The Eisenhower Institute is engaged in a year-long theme dedicated to Civil Rights: Looking Back and Moving Forward. The Institute will be taking part in a number of important commemorations including the 50th Anniversaries of the integration of Little Rock High School and the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Dwight Eisenhower's role in the civil rights movement has been debated and oftentimes polarizing. Today, it is important to look back and more deeply examine the successes, failures, and questions which remain from that time with regard to the Civil Rights movement. 

The Institute will sponsor a number of events dedicated to encouraging responsible civic discourse in an attempt to bridge the perspectives of scholars, policy makers, students, and citizens and bring the issue of civil rights back to the forefront of America's public policy discussion.

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The Eisenhower Institute welcomes your submissions on topics related to our theme of Civil Rights: Looking Back and Moving Forward. Click here for more information.

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