PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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He bought all of their textbooks.
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He drove them to school each day.
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He sent US soldiers to escort them to school each day.
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He bought them lunch at a lunch counter.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The president ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army-without its black soldiers, who rejoined the division a month later-to Little Rock and federalized the entire 10, 000-member Arkansas National Guard, taking it out of Faubus’s control.
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: -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-4: -(Army News Service, Sept. 17, 2007)-Fifty years ago, the 101st Airborne Division made history as troops deployed to Little Rock, Ark., to escort nine black high school students into the all-white Central High School amid racial protests.
Detailed explanation-5: -Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school. It drew national attention to the civil rights movement.