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Eisenhower put the Arkansas National Guard under Army command in front of schools in Little Rock during the effort to desegregate schools to keep the guard from being led by the governor of Arkansas and to prevent violence.
he needed the guard to follow the law, not the governor Arkansas
Eisenhower put the Arkansas National Guard under Army command in front of schools in Little Rock during the effort to desegregate schools to keep the guard from being led by the governor of Arkansas and to prevent violence.
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He was the one to call out the national gaurd to prevent the little rock 9 from entering the all white highschool. He did not want to desegregate any Arkansas schools and was VERY rasict
The Little Rock Nine were nine school students who were used to desegregate Little Rock Central High School in 1957. There have been several books and movies about them and you can see the actual footage of them arriving on YouTube.
so that the guard would follow its commanders and prevent violence
They ended segregation in schools
School superintendent Virgil Blossom planned the Little Rock Nine. The plan was initially to integrate one of Little Rock's high schools.
they were nine academically outstanding (did well in school) high school students which were african-american. They were sent to Central HighSchool in Little Rock Arkansa and were the first black students to be intergrated with whites in schools