Description
Several cabinet members discuss school segregation, the Brown decision, African American voting, and other civil rights issues. This demonstrates the cabinet members thoughts and perceptions of the current civil rights issues in the country.
Source
State of the Union Message comments by Cabinet Members, December 2, 1955, Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States, 1953-61 (Ann Whitman File), Speech Series, Box 14, State of the Union Jan. 1956 (3), Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kansas.