President Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock to keep peace as Black students attended high school, sixty-five years ago today: Image
Nine Black students had been prevented from attending Little Rock Central High School by Arkansas National Guard under Governor Orval Faubus, sixty-five years ago this month: #Miller Image
“Urgent”--Little Rock Mayor “pleading” with President Eisenhower to send federal troops to help avert violence as Little Rock Central High School is integrated, today 1957: “Situation Is Out Of Control And Police Cannot Disperse The Mob." Image
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, white supremacist who tried to bar Black students from Little Rock Central High School, this month 1957: Image

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