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.
Creating the Commission on Civil Rights. President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law on September 9, 1957. On September 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first federal civil rights legislation to be enacted since Reconstruction.Part I of the Act created a Commission on Civil Rights within the executive branch.nitially, the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 did not seem to signal a more vigorous approach to civil rights issues. But other events would compel the involvement of the president and eventually Congress.
Initially, the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 did not seem to signal a more vigorous approach to civil rights issues. But other events would compel the involvement of the president and eventually Congress.nitially, the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 did not seem to signal a more vigorous approach to civil rights issues. But other events would compel the involvement of the president and eventually Congress.