PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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granting permission for the March onWashington
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urging the Brooklyn Dodgers to sign JackieRobinson
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supporting the sit-ins in Greensboro, NorthCarolina
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using federal troops to integrate schools inLittle Rock, Arkansas
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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: -Which event during the civil rights movement is most closely associated with President Eisenhower? Using federal troops to integrate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered troops from the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to restore order and to protect the students. After a single year of integration, Governor Faubus closed the Little Rock public high schools to avoid further integration.
Detailed explanation-4: -26 Feb 2023. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was introduced in Eisenhower’s presidency and was the act that kick-started the civil rights legislative programme that was to include the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Eisenhower had not been known for his support of the civil rights movement.