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Jackie Robinson's letter to President Eisenhower


My dear Mr. President:

I was sitting in the audience at the Summit Meeting of Negro Leaders yesterday when you said we must have patience. On hearing you say this, I felt like standing up and saying, "Oh no! Not again."

I respectfully remind you sir, that we have been the most patient of all people. When you said we must have self-respect, I wondered how we could have self-respect and remain patient considering the treatment accorded us through the years.

17 million Negroes cannot do as you suggest and wait for the hearts of men to change. We want to enjoy now the rights that we feel we are entitled to as Americans. This we cannot do unless we pursue aggressively goals which all other Americans achieved over 150 years ago.


This is an excerpt from Jackie Robinson's letter to President Eisenhower. What literary techniques does Robinson employ to create an effective message in this letter to the president? In two to three paragraphs of eight sentences each, explain your answer. Use supporting evidence from the original text. Use proper spelling and grammar.

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Answer:

Jackie Robinson seems to be alluding to the fact that a lot of American Negroes were "imported" during the slave trade. He seems to be offering the challenge of saying "we built America's wealth" through being forced into slave labor on the sugar plantations, banana plantations, cotton fields and other labor. Then, "we were unslaved" when the transportation stopped. Thankfully, then the Negroes were stuck in America, as "lower order citizens". Hundreds of years after America benefited hugely from the Negro toil, the Negro is still a "lower order citizen". Also, the President is saying "have patience" ?

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Answer:

I was sitting in the audience at the Summit Meeting of Negro Leaders yesterday when you said we must have patience. On hearing you say this, I felt like standing up and saying, "Oh no! Not again."

I respectfully remind you, sir, that we have been the most patient of all people. When you said we must have self-respect, I wondered how we could have self-respect and remain patient considering the treatment accorded us through the years.

17 million Negroes cannot do as you suggest and wait for the hearts of men to change. We want to enjoy now the rights that we feel we are entitled to as Americans. This we cannot do unless we pursue aggressively goals that all

Explanation:

on the third paragraph you wrote sir, but you needed a comma after you and on the last paragraph you said "which all" i think you meant to say "that all"

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