USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which of the following was the governor of Arkansas who refused to integrate Little Rock Central High until the US Army forced him to do it?

A	Orval Faubus
B	Fred Shuttlesworth
C	Stokely Carmichael
D	John F. Kennedy

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The ensuing struggle between segregationists and integrationists, the State of Arkansas and the federal government, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, has become known in modern American history as the “Little Rock Crisis .” The crisis gained world-wide attention.

Detailed explanation-2: -National Guard blockade Several segregationist councils threatened to hold protests at Central High and physically block the black students from entering the school. Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to support the segregationists on September 4, 1957.

Detailed explanation-3: -Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School.

Detailed explanation-4: -On September 2, 1957 the night prior to what was to be the teens’ first day in Central High classrooms, Arkansas governor Orval Faubus ordered the state’s National Guard to block their entrance. Faubus said it was for the safety of the nine students.

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