What was one significant effect of gunnar myrdal’s report an american dilemma? it convinced eisenhower to send troops into arkansas to desegregate the schools. it stirred black intellectuals into action, to renew their fight against racism. it provided important sociological data for thurgood marshall’s brown v. board of education case. it defuse tense race relations on the home front after world war ii. it united blacks and whites in fighting injustice in the school systems.