concerned about is to see that their sweet little girls are not required to sit alongside a big, overgrown negro. but it's troubling. i'm telling you, but, as these examples may be, they have to be balanced against the many statements and actions that indicated that ike did truly favor political and economic equality for blacks. typical of these pronouncements was a letter to the famous editor of the atlanta constitution, ralph, which in the which emphasized the high cost of discrimination until america has achieved reality and the concept of individual dignity and equality before the law, he wrote, we will not have become completely worthy of our limitless opportunities. eisenhower sum mentioned these statements to make blacks more visible, the highest levels of government. he askeded a damgs, seek out qualified blacks. bring them in. frank snow, howard university, was named to italy, earnest wilkins became assistant secretary of labor and the most significant posting. they have argued that this is just symbolic. but this is the thing that you cannot argue with. black faces appeared where none