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.
FIFTY years ago this week, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law providing voting protections for blacks known as the Civil Rights Act of 1957.till, the Congressional deadlock had been broken, opening the door for the passage of another Eisenhower-backed civil rights bill in 1960 and the more famous acts that Lyndon Johnson, as president, championed in 1964 and 65. Eisenhower s bravery on the act went largely unrecognized by the civil rights leadership.