 he called our war hero president, Dwight Eisenhower, who had refused to send in federal troops, gutless. And it made headlines around the world. Suddenly this guy who had been accused of being an Uncle Tom was being accused of being an unpatriotic American, but he didn't back down. And I can't prove this, but I am totally convinced that the reason Dwight Eisenhower sent in federal troops to protect those nine kids in Little Rock was because