“Take a strong forthright stand in the Little Rock situation.” King told the president that if the federal government did not take a stand against the injustice it would “set the process of integration back fifty years. This is a great opportunity for you and the federal government to back up the longings and aspirations of millions of peoples of good will and make law and order a reality”
- Martin Luther King, 9 September 1957
- Martin Luther King, 9 September 1957
Integration at Little Rock High School
- 1957 Black children tried to go to school at Little Rock High School (Integrated schooling)
- The Governor of Arkansas (Orval Faubus) used the National Guard to stop this from happening
- The Mayor of the City (Woodrow Mann) called on President Eisenhower to bring in Federal troops
- Eventually troops from the 101st airborne were used to protect black children from going to school
- The white populations of the area were livid
- The Governor of Arkansas (Orval Faubus) used the National Guard to stop this from happening
- The Mayor of the City (Woodrow Mann) called on President Eisenhower to bring in Federal troops
- Eventually troops from the 101st airborne were used to protect black children from going to school
- The white populations of the area were livid
Question: what if the african american children were let into the school with no hesitation?
Summary
In Little Rock Central High School (1957) students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, and then attended after the intervention of President Eisenhower.