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.
In 1957, President Eisenhower sent Congress a proposal for civil rights legislation. The result was the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote.he result was the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote.
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.