Little Rock
•1957 Black children tried to go to school at Little Rock High School (Integrated schooling)
•The Governor of Arkansas (Orval Faubus) used the National Guard to stop this from happening
•The Mayor of the City (Woodrow Mann) called on President Eisenhower to bring in Federal troops
•Eventually troops from the 101st airborne were used to protect black children from going to school
•The white populations of the area were mad
•The Governor of Arkansas (Orval Faubus) used the National Guard to stop this from happening
•The Mayor of the City (Woodrow Mann) called on President Eisenhower to bring in Federal troops
•Eventually troops from the 101st airborne were used to protect black children from going to school
•The white populations of the area were mad
summary
The ensuing Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, and then attended after the intervention of President Eisenhower. ultimately it proved the prowess of the rights movement.
question
If President Eisenhower didn't interfere how would the rights movement been affected?