Civil Rights: President Eisenhower and the Eisenhower Administration
The 1950s were a significant time period in the history of civil rights in this country. The Eisenhower Administration worked quietly on this front. The following documents include official government reports on civil rights, as well as President Eisenhower's personal views on this issue.
Report by the Attorney General on the Administration’s Efforts in the Field of Racial Segregation and Discrimination, January 26, 1955
Press Release, Republican National Committee, August 9, 1955 [DDE's Records as President, Official File, Box 731, OF 142-A (3)]
Memorandum, E. Frederick Morrow to Sherman Adams, December 16, 1955
Statement by J. Edgar Hoover, Racial Tension and Civil Rights, March 1, 1956
Letter, President Eisenhower to Rev. Billy Graham, March 22, 1956 [DDE's Papers as President, Name Series, Box 16, Billy Graham]
Letter, Rev. Billy Graham to President Eisenhower, March 27, 1956
Letter, President Eisenhower to Rev. Billy Graham, March 30, 1956
Letter, Rev. Billy Graham to President Eisenhower, June 4, 1956
Diary Entry, August 14, 1956
Letter, J. Edgar Hoover to William H. Jackson, October 24, 1956 (cover letter following:) The Communist Party and the Negro, October 1956
Letter, Adam Clayton Powell to DDE, March 28, 1957
Memorandum, Maxwell Rabb to Sherman Adams, April 17, 1957
Memorandum, E. Frederic Morrow to Sherman Adams, June 4, 1957
Memorandum, Maxwell Rabb to Sherman Adams, June 24, 1957
Memorandum, Maxwell Rabb to Sherman Adams, September 27, 1957
Memorandum, Maxwell Rabb to Sherman Adams, November 12, 1957
Memorandum for the Record, Meeting of
Negro Leaders with the President on
June 23, 1958, memo dated June 24, 1958 (66 pages) [DDE's Papers as President, DDE Diary Series, Box 33, June 1958 Staff Notes]
Letter, Roy Wilkins (NAACP) to President Eisenhower, June 25, 1958
Memorandum, Rocco Siciliano to President Eisenhower, June 25, 1958
Letter, President Eisenhower to Ralph McGill, February 26, 1959
Memorandum prepared by E. Frederic Morrow, Student Protest Movement in the South, March 7, 1960
For a listing of collections at the Eisenhower Presidential Library with materials pertaining to this topic, please see: Civil Rights Subject Guide.
