Eisenhower Sends Troops to Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Education, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, African American History
- Geographical Location: Arkansas
- Date: September 25, 1957
Article abstract: Integration of Central High School became the first major test of civil rights after the 1954 Supreme Court decision banning segregation.
Summary of Event
Dwight D. Eisenhower was president during one of the most critical events concerning school integration in the South. Eisenhower was not a strong advocate of civil rights and neither stressed it in his presidential campaign in 1952 nor emphasized it in his domestic policies as president of the United States. His predecessor, President Harry S. Truman, was responsible and best known in...
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