Red Rock Lake and Dam in Marion County near Pella. Elk Rock State Park is situated on both sides of the lake to the northwest. County road T15 crosses over the dam.
He never publicly gave support to the civil rights movement believing that you could not force people to change their beliefs; such changes had to come from the heart of the people involved, not as the result of legislation from Washington.However, he did push through during his presidency the 1957 Civil Rights Act.Cynics have stated that this was simply to win the âBlack Voteâ. Up to 1957, and for a variety of reasons, only 20% of African Americans had registered to vote.e never publicly gave support to the civil rights movement believing that you could not force people to change their beliefs; such changes had to come from the heart of the people involved, not as the result of legislation from Washington.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican, was the first President to pass civil rights legislation since after the Civil War.He appointed Earl Warren to the Supreme Court, who ruled on Brown v. Board of Education, thus ending segregation.n 1957, President Eisenhower drafted a proposal for civil rights  legislation. This resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which  was the first civil rights legislature â¦ since Reconstruction.