WI: Eisenhower publicly embraces the Brown vs. Board of Education decision?

Whatever President Eisenhower thought privately of the decision, whether he thought it was too much too soon, or that he wasn't given a respectful heads-up,

what if he publicly embraces the May 17, 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Supreme Court decision, and what if he even skillfully undersells the decision, allowing other members of his administration to do more of the direct selling? That is, he does a good job of appealing to good common sense the American public. How might the entire U.S. political terrain have changed all through the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s?
 
The Republicans had gains in the South in 1952. OTL 1956 was the same. 1960 also saw the Republicans pick up southern states. Leading up to 1960, it was feared in the Democratic party that the Republicans could get more of the South. Under these circumstances, I would say the Republicans reverse their successes in the South for 1956 and the near future. White collar demographics vote Republican, which is part of the reason the South began to tilt Republican. There was also the fact that Eisenhower was a moderate and a war hero. However, the other side of the equation is that the South hated Civil Rights.
 
But how much of a big party supporter was Eisenhower? He might decide he needs to do this for the good of the country, even at cost to the Republican party.

So he might publicly say, Negroes served with distinction during the war just like all citizens. (*notice how the language works against us)

And he leaves it to members of his administration to tell the story of the red tail pilots and other stories.

And if these stories catch on and if it cones out that they were the exception. That in many cases Negroe military units were not allowed in combat roles and Ike is asked asked this during a press conference, he might say, yes, in many cases we shortchanged Negroe citizens, and we shortchanged ourselves. This is a mistake we do not need to repeat.

And other administration officials point out that treating African-Americans as second class citizens hurts winning the hearts and minds of people in all the new and developing nations and hurts the course of the cold war.

Still other administration officials point out that segregation slows the economic growth of the South.

For you never know what argument will appeal to a particular person.

And if Ike can pull this off with matter-of-fact confidence, desegregation works much smoother, you have much less of a backlash, and you might get to where we are now pretty much in the mid-1970s. And why the heck not? At the very least, it certainly would help and it certainly would be one big factor if Eisenhower got behind the decision and played the military service card.
 
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