This year marks the 65th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used rifle-toting Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine ...
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This Day in History: Little Rock Nine blocked from entering school during integration era
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (WHSV) - Nearly 70 years ago on Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas National Guard troops blocked several Black students, known today as the Little Rock Nine, from entering Little Rock’s Central ...
The South was led down the blind alley of blind resistance by Arkansas’ Governor Orval Faubus in September 1957, when he spurned both federal law and the sober advice of fellow citizens in his attempt ...
The seven Good Government Committee candidates running for office on Little Rock’s city-manager-type Board of Directors tried hard to keep Arkansas’ Governor Orval Faubus, and indeed the whole ...
Sept. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. After ...
Last fall we revisited one of the most important sites in America’s struggle over civil rights. Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is an impressive building where violence and bravery ...
2009-09-20T15:34:40-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/9a9/288553-m.jpgArkansas Governor Orval Faubus talked to Mike Wallace from the governor’s mansion in Little ...
2009-09-20T15:34:40-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org ...
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