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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3748074" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Sept. 25, 1954</p><p> </p><p>Under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/arkansas" target="_blank"><u>Arkansas</u></a>. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial integration. After a tense standoff, President <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/dwight-d-eisenhower" target="_blank"><u>Dwight D. Eisenhower</u></a> federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent 1,000 army paratroopers to Little Rock to enforce the court order.</p><p></p><p>On May 17, 1954, the U.S. <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/supreme-court-facts" target="_blank"><u>Supreme Court</u></a> ruled unanimously in <em>Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka</em> that racial segregation in educational facilities was unconstitutional. Five days later, the Little Rock School Board issued a statement saying it would comply with the decision when the Supreme Court outlined the method and time frame in which desegregation should be implemented.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3748074, member: 1246"] Sept. 25, 1954 Under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/arkansas'][U]Arkansas[/U][/URL]. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial integration. After a tense standoff, President [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/dwight-d-eisenhower'][U]Dwight D. Eisenhower[/U][/URL] federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent 1,000 army paratroopers to Little Rock to enforce the court order. On May 17, 1954, the U.S. [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/supreme-court-facts'][U]Supreme Court[/U][/URL] ruled unanimously in [I]Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka[/I] that racial segregation in educational facilities was unconstitutional. Five days later, the Little Rock School Board issued a statement saying it would comply with the decision when the Supreme Court outlined the method and time frame in which desegregation should be implemented. [/QUOTE]
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