September 4, 2006
Little Rock School Crisis Begins in the US
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On this day in 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus ordered the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. This act defied the US Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which called for the racial desegregation of public schools. President Eisenhower responded by sending federal troops to Arkansas to enforce integration and protect the students. What motivated Faubus to call out the National Guard?
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