Dwight Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock to force integration of Central High there.
To enforce integration of the high school there
Little Rock, Arkansas
To enforce the integration of the high school there
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.
He did not. Governor Faubus used the Arkansas National Guard to resist the racial integration of Arkansas schools. President Eisenhower used the 101st Airborne Division to enforce the racial integration of Arkansas schools. The schools were integrated, and they did not fight, but if they had the smart money would have been on the One-Oh-One.
President Eisenhower did not agree with the decision of the Supreme Court in Brown vs Board of Education that educational institutions in the South were unequal and segregation hurt students who did not get an "equal" education. He felt the decision was a mistake. But, as President he was sworn to uphold the law and enforce the law. Eisenhower was a constitutionalist and to him, the Court's ruling had the force of law. Governor Faubus of Arkansas was defying the Court's order so Eisenhower took over command of the National Guard and ordered troops to enforce the integration of Central High School.
Arkansas governor Orval Faubus.-Novanet
A school that went through integration around 1957.
When President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1957 school integration crisis, he was exercising his constitutional power as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. This action was taken to enforce federal law and ensure the protection of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students attempting to integrate Central High School. Eisenhower's intervention highlighted the federal government's role in upholding civil rights and maintaining order in the face of state resistance to desegregation.
Little Rock, AR
Integration of Central high School in Little rock, Arkansas.
He sent federal troops to oversee the integration of Central High School in Little Rock