Expert answer:What would Eleanor Roosevelt say back to the lette
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Dear First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt,
My name is Needham Roberts and I served in World War I as a part of the Hell fighters
(Army, US ARMY NEWS, 2015). Although I fought hard and proud for this country, once I
returned home I was greeted with hatred and disgust. I am writing to you because there are many
soldiers like me who are too wounded to work and too black to receive aid. Those who have
spoken out have either been beaten, lynched or both. I know that there has been talks of another
World War and I want to encourage our African American men to fight but for what? A county
that disowns them? One that treats them like a bastard child? Some want to pursue a higher
education but only a limited amount of resources are available. The ones who are whole enough
to work can’t find work due to the lack of training. I wish the rest of the white folks were like
you Mrs. Roosevelt. Although your own husband and his administration is against you, you still
continue to fight. I have seen you fight for equality and try to enhance the education systems,
you are very courageous woman. You have motivated people like you to take a stand and
encouraged both whites and people of color to recognize that the system is flawed. Some people
question your ethnicity but I think that you are just what this country needs, a white woman
willing to take a stand. I’ve seen you collaborate with some of the well-known African American
men in our community and it had me hoping that you could come to talk to some of the African
American men thinking about enlisting soon. I would hate for them to end up like my friend in
arms Henry Johnson. I’ve heard about your efforts to put this nonsense to rest and I would just
like to thank you for your support and ask you to please consider my invitation (Papers, n.d.).
I choose to write on this topic because of my affiliation with the military. I thought that it
would be good to look at this from a veteran perspective, especially because we just discussed
African American in the Military during last week’s discussion. Although ER did not focus on
the military specifically she did target at lot of the issues stated above. She was a supporter of
equality and she believed whole hearted that education. She found things such as violence and
racism despicable. She was a stern woman who did not back down from anyone. She saw wrong
doing throughout the world and wanted to make it right (Papers, n.d.).
Works Cited
Army, U. (2015, MAY 4). US ARMY NEWS. Retrieved from
http://www.army.mil/article/148615?from+=moh_cusing_news_image
Papers, T. E. (n.d.). Eleanor Roosevelt and Civil Rights. Retrieved from Lessoon Plans and
Lecture Notes : https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/lesson-plans/notes-er-and-civilrights.cfm
LETTER 2
Dear Madame First Lady:
First, I ‘d like to say what a privilege it is to write this letter to you and say, you truly are the
mother of this nation.
My name is Major Herman Archibald Johnson and I just honorably served with the Tuskegee
Airmen in our United States Army. Flying with the 477th Group was truly an honor and a
privilege. My father Henry Johnson also served honorably with the 369th Infantry Regiment in
the first World War, as you know, and I have been working on his behalf to obtain The Purple
Heart he so justly deserves. It would mean a lot to his legacy and our family.
But, more than that I would like to thank you for all that you have done for our country, for us
negroes, and for me personally. I’m currently completing my degree at Cornell University and
have you to thank for all your efforts for equal rights which allows me to attend such a
prestigious institution.
I also want to say, stay strong and don’t let the noise get to you. I know how hard it must be to
take all the flak you’ve been getting from your own constituents. I read your “My Day” column
every morning and I’ve even heard some of the harsh remarks about you and was quite disturbed
I might say.
The Social Security Act has helped many of my friends and family, including myself when I was
unable to get employment. I was beyond inspired to hear you fight for negroes referring to social
security as “a right (Rung, 2005, p.84)”.
Lastly, I would just like to say that my primary reason for writing you is to answer your wartime
prayer that I read every day in “My Day”: “to remember that somewhere someone died for me
today” and “to ask am I worth dying for (ER Papers Project, 2017)”? That answer is an emphatic,
Absolutely!
Respectfully Yours,
Herman A. Johnson
References
“Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project”. Columbian College of Arts & Sciences.
https://erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu/.
Rung, Margaret. “The History Teacher.” The History Teacher, vol. 39, no. 1, 2005, pp. 124–
125. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30036754.
I was compelled to write First Lady ER because of the appreciation I have for her being willing
to go against the grain to do what’s right. She stood for democracy, fought for equal rights, and
denounced those who opposed that same cause. Human rights, Civil rights, and just cause was
her M.O. It took a lot of courage to take the stance she took and I couldn’t help, but to write her
out of gratitude and admiration.
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