"I was disappointed not to see what is inside Central High School. I don’t understand why the governor [of Arkansas] sent grown-up soldiers to keep us out. I don’t know if I should go back. But Grandma is right, if I don’t go back, they will think they have won. They will think they can use soldiers to frighten us and we’ll always have to obey them. They’ll always be in charge if I don’t go back to Central and make the integration happen" Melba Beals, Warriors Don’t Cry, African American student, 1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower reacted to the situation described in this passage by:.