When integration began on September 4, 1957, the Arkansas National Guard was called in to "preserve the peace". Originally at orders of the governor, they were meant to prevent the black students from entering due to claims that there was "imminent danger of tumult, riot and breach of peace" at the integration.

Jun 14, 2020 · Most of the 16 incidents in which the National Guard was activated at the federal level happened during the Civil Rights Era in the '50s and '60s.

Mar 3, 2016 · establishes a context outlining the Army National Guard’s presence during key civil rights disturbances of the 1950s and 1960s, which in turn assists in understanding and interpreting the significance of Army National Guard properties, like armories, in relation to the Civil Rights Movement.

On September 4, just 24 hours after a federal judge ordered the Little Rock Nine to begin attending Central High immediately, a belligerent mob, along with the National Guard, again prevented the teens from entering the school. Sixteen days later a federal judge ordered the National Guard removed.

Jan 29, 2010 · On September 4, 1957, the first day of classes at Central High, Governor Orval Faubus called in the Arkansas National Guard to block the Black students’ entry into the high school. Later...

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.

Jun 9, 2020 · During the civil rights era of the 1960s, governors mobilized the National Guard to control uprisings, including in Hunter’s Point in San Francisco and the Hough Riots in Cleveland.

Sep 14, 2023 · But under orders of Arkansas governor Orval Faubus, the state’s National Guard barred the nine Black students from entering Central High School while angry white protestors shouted abuse.

In early September 1957, Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to block the black juniors and seniors, dubbed the “Little Rock Nine,” from entering the school.

In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School.