After all Eisenhower had done, Rabb asserted, “Negroes had not demonstrated any kind of gratitude,” and most of the responsible officials in the White House had become completely disgusted with the whole matter. He said there was a feeling that “Negroes were being too aggressive in their demands; that an ugliness and surliness in manner was beginning to show through.” What black leaders wanted, Rabb told Morrow, “far exceeded what reasonable white people would grant.” And Rabb was Ike’s chief adviser on minority affairs.68
