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When were US federal troops used to protect African-American students?
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What city did president eisenhower send federal troops to protect African American students?
Little Rock, Arkansas
What did president eisenhower do to protect central high students?
He ordered Army troops in to insure integration of the high school
Which city did president Eisenhower send federal troops to protect African American students?
The Little Rock school board had established a plan to desegregate its schools, beginning with Central High School. Nine young African American students offered to enroll. But Arkansas governor Orval Faubus announced his opposition to integration and called out the Arkansas state National Guard. When the nine students arrived at the school, the National Guard blocked their way of entry.None of the nine students gained entrance into the school that day. Up until the Little Rock crisis occurred, President Eisenhower had provided small leadership on the civil rights front. When Governor Faubus resisted the will of the federal courts, Eisenhower had to act. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect the students and to enforce the court's decision (which happened after the Brown decision).Your answer is Little Rock, Arkansas.---Nikolaus Howe---
What was Eisenhowers response to southern efforts to resist desegregation in Little Rock Arkansas?
He sent in the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock
Why did presendent eisenhower have to send troops to little rock in 1957?
He wanted to protect the students from a mob
What was President Eisenhower's attitude toward the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?
He sent federal troops to oversee the integration of Central High School in Little Rock
What was Eisenhower response to southern efforts to resist desegregation in little rock Arkansas?
He sent troops to protect the students as they entered the school. Apex
In the 1950s what High School in the south was guarded by federal troops?
Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. The school was guarded because 9 African Americans (known as the Little Rock Nine) were integrating the school. Governor Orval Faubus wanted to keep the school segregated so President Eisenhower sent the federal troops in to protect the African American students Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. The school was guarded because 9 African Americans (known as the Little Rock Nine) were integrating the school. Governor Orval Faubus wanted to keep the school segregated so President Eisenhower sent the federal troops in to protect the African American students
What did the federal troops do?
federal troops were union soilders
Which president sent the troops to Little Rock to enforce court ordered school integration?
It was President Eisenhower who sent federal troops to Arkansas in order to make sure African-American students were able to go to school. Eisenhower was president from 1953 to 1961.
To which city did president eisenhower send federal troops to protect African American students?
The Little Rock school board had established a plan to desegregate its schools, beginning with Central High School. Nine young African American students offered to enroll. But Arkansas governor Orval Faubus announced his opposition to integration and called out the Arkansas state National Guard. When the nine students arrived at the school, the National Guard blocked their way of entry.None of the nine students gained entrance into the school that day. Up until the Little Rock crisis occurred, President Eisenhower had provided small leadership on the civil rights front. When Governor Faubus resisted the will of the federal courts, Eisenhower had to act. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect the students and to enforce the court's decision (which happened after the Brown decision).Your answer is Little Rock, Arkansas.---Nikolaus Howe---
What was eisenhower's response to southern efforts to resist desegregation in little rock arkansa?
He sent troops to protect the students as they entered the school. Apex
