What action regarding segregation had Mayor William Hartsfield taken to elicit this response from President Kennedy? "I strongly
urge the officials and citizens of all communities...to look closely at what Atlanta has done...with courage, tolerance and, above all, with respect for the law." President John F Kennedy, quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 31, 1961
<span>He had made sure that the integration of Atlanta's schools went smoothly.
The event happened during the Segregation period when schools for black and white students were separated due to the racial tension among the people. Mayor William took a first step of the abolishment of the schools that soon followed by other cities in united states.</span>
Well, personally I think that it is flawed: it limits the inflow of new ideas into politics. I think that one way to address it is to abolish the electoral college and introduce country-wide representative elections and not a "winner takes it all" system.
