As the chief executive of our nation, i respectfully suggest that you unwittingly crush the spirit of freedom in negroes by constantly urging forbearance and give hope to those pro-segregation leaders like governor faubus who would take from us even those freedoms we now enjoy. your own experience with governor faubus is proof enough that forbearance and not eventual integration is the goal the pro-segregation leaders seek. to which specific historic event is jackie robinson referring to in the letter

Civil Rights Movement

Explanation:

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American who have played in Major League Baseball - thus making him the first African-American who breaks the segregation barrier between the colored and Whites in baseball. He was also the first black vice president of a company called Chock full O'Nuts. He wrote a letter to President Eisenhower to express his disappointment over the President's lack of decisiveness to support the Civil Rights Movement.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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