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1957 "Little Rock Nine" Central High School...
1957 "Little Rock Nine" Central High School...
Item # 719207
September 11, 1957
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., September 11, 1957
* Little Rock Nine
* Negro students - Arkansas
* Central High School
* Gov. Orval Faubus disobeys
* re. Brown v. Board of Education
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "TROOPS WILL REMAIN AT ARKANSAS SCHOOL, GOV. FAUBUS ASSERTS" with subheads. (see images) This report concerns the Little Rock Nine, one of the focal points of the Civil Rights struggles of the 1950's and 1960's.
Complete with 40 pages, light toning a the margins, nice condition.
history notes: In September of 1957, Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas, defied the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling that mandated the desegregation of public schools, by using the Arkansas National Guard to block the entry of nine African American students—known as the Little Rock Nine—into Central High School in Little Rock. Faubus’s actions were a direct challenge to federal authority and a calculated political move to appease segregationist sentiments in the South. The tense standoff was met with nationwide outrage, prompting President Dwight D. Eisenhower to intervene by sending the 101st Airborne Division to escort the students into the school, ensuring their safety and enforcing the federal desegregation order. Faubus’s defiance of the Supreme Court’s decision and his use of state power to resist integration sparked a national debate on civil rights and federal authority, while the courage of the Little Rock Nine became an enduring symbol of the fight against racial injustice. Despite the federal intervention, Faubus remained popular in Arkansas, but his actions in blocking desegregation became a key moment in the broader civil rights struggle, underscoring the deep resistance to change in the South during the 1950s.
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