https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/lp/127da58569a465e91049537346449a50/ https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/127da58569a465e91049537346449a50/Public-school-desegregation-in-Little-Rock-Arkansas/ Orval Eugene Faubus, 1910 –1994, six-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas, served 1955-1967, 1957 stance against desegregation of Little Rock public schools, Little Rock Crisis, defied United States Supreme Court, ordered Arkansas National Guard to stop African American students attending Little Rock Central High School, staunch segregationist, negro, negroes, blacks, integration, schools, skirmishes, racism, unity, resistance to change, President Eisenhower, enforce, Supreme Court, public school desegregation decision, federal troops, civil rights, black rights, african americans UPI UPI https://cdnph.upi.com/pv/upi/127da58569a465e91049537346449a50/School-Desegration-in-Little-Rock.jpg
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Public school desegregation in Little Rock Arkansas



Public school desegregation in Little Rock Arkansas

Original caption: White students look on as heavily guarded Negro students climb the steps of the Little Arkansas Central High School on September 26, 1957, on their way to classes. President Eisenhower was compelled to enforce the Supreme Court’s public school desegregation decision with troops after the integrity of the court was challenged by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus. (UPI Photo/Files).

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