He wanted to protect the students from a mob
He signed and supported it.
Yes, in 1957, the integration of Little Rock's Central High School faced significant opposition. The Arkansas governor, Orval Faubus, deployed the National Guard to prevent nine African American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, from entering the school. This led to a confrontation with federal authorities and garnered national attention, highlighting the intense resistance to desegregation in the South. Ultimately, President Eisenhower intervened by sending federal troops to ensure the students' safe entry into the school.
Basically, President Eisenhower ordered a division of the U.S. Army to escort the students to school. He also de-mobilized divisions of the Arkansas National Guard, just to remove them from the control of the Arkansas governor.
The nine brave students, known as the Little Rock Nine, integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957. Their efforts to attend the previously all-white school were met with violent opposition, leading President Dwight D. Eisenhower to deploy federal troops to ensure their safety and uphold the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which mandated desegregation in public schools. The integration was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
September of 1957, 3 years after the surpreme court outlawed school segregation in 1954
September 1957.
integrate the public schools
To enforce integration of the high school there
Little Rock, Arkansas
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.
The United States became less involved with Middle Eastern politics.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Arkansas in 1957 to enforce the integration of Central High School. He did so in response to Governor Orval Faubus's refusal to comply with the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which mandated the desegregation of public schools.
Eisenhower's most dramatic response occurred in 1957 when Governor Faubus of Arkansas called out the Arkansas national guard to block Negro students from attending Little Rock High School. Eisenhower sent in federal troops and took over the national guard from Arkansas. The federal troops made sure the black students were allowed to go to class.
1953 to 1957 and 1957 to 1961
Dwight Eisenhower was the first to have a presidential heliocopter, starting in 1957.
Eisenhower Doctrine
Dwight Eisenhower was the President in 1957.