Orval Faubus

(noun)

(1910 – 1994) The 36th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967, and best known for his 1957 stand against the desegregation of Little Rock public schools during the Little Rock Crisis.

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  • Desegregation in Little Rock

    • The students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, and then attended after the intervention of President Eisenhower.
    • Governor Orval Faubus called out the National Guard on September 4, 1957, and on the first day of school, troops from the National Guard blocked the nine students from entering the school.
    • On September 24, the President ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army to Little Rock and federalized the entire 10,000 member Arkansas National Guard, taking it out of the hands of Faubus.

  • The Brown Decision

    • As late as 1957, three years after the decision, a crisis erupted in Little Rock, Arkansas when Governor of Arkansas Orval Faubus called out the National Guard on September 4 to prevent entry to the nine African-American students (known as the Little Rock Nine) who had sued for the right to attend an integrated school, Little Rock Central High School.
    • Faubus' resistance received the attention of President Dwight D.
    • Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas.

  • The Emergence of the Civil Rights Movement

    • As late as 1957, three years after the decision, a crisis erupted in Little Rock, Arkansas when Governor of Arkansas Orval Faubus called out the National Guard on September 4 to prevent entry to the nine African-American students who had sued for the right to attend an integrated school, Little Rock Central High School.
    • Faubus' resistance received the attention of President Dwight D.

  • The Eisenhower Administration

    • However,  In 1957, he sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas after Governor Orval Faubus attempted to defy a federal court order calling for desegregation of Little Rock public schools.

  • Women of the Civil Rights Movement

    • The students' attempts to enroll provoked a confrontation with Governor Orval Faubus, who called out the National Guard to prevent their entry.

  • Conclusion: WWII and the U.S.

    • Governor Orval Eugene Faubus of Arkansas used the Arkansas National Guard to prevent school integration at Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

  • Conclusion: Post-War America

    • Governor Orval Eugene Faubus of Arkansas used the Arkansas National Guard to prevent school integration at Little Rock Central High School in 1957.