PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Sent in the National Guard
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Called in the 101st Airborne Division
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Sent in police from New York and New Jersey
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Establish Hate Crime laws
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -This executive order of September 23, 1957, signed by President Dwight Eisenhower, sent federal troops to maintain order and peace while the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, AR, took place.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1957 he defied a federal court order that called for the end of racial segregation in schools and ordered the Arkansas National Guard to “prevent violence” by blocking the access of nine black students to Little Rock Central High School. His action was countered by Pres. Dwight D.
Detailed explanation-4: -On September 2, Governor Orval Faubus-a staunch segregationist-called out the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School and prevent integration, ostensibly to prevent the bloodshed he claimed desegregation would cause.
Detailed explanation-5: -The nine were Thelma Mothershed, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, Melba Beals, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, and Ernest Green.