PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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It led to a federal takeover of many Southern public schools.
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It strengthened control of education by state governments.
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It was the first time martial law had been declared in the US.
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It showed that the government would enforce court decisions on integration.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On September 24, President Dwight Eisenhower sent 1, 000 U.S. troops to Little Rock. The next day, the African American students entered under heavily armed guard. The episode served as a catalyst for the integration of other segregated schools in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -When Governor Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School to keep the nine students from entering the school, President Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock to insure the safety of the “Little Rock Nine” and that the rulings of the Supreme Court were upheld.
Detailed explanation-3: -Significance: In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine” to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Army’s job was to protect the school and the students, Mr. Worrell said, “and not just the black students but the whole school.” The first couple of days were the most intense, said Jack Damron. A young lieutenant at the time, he was part of the convoy that escorted the Little Rock Nine to and from school.