Mann, Woodrow Wilson, 1916-2002

Authoritative Name:

Mann, Woodrow Wilson, 1916-2002

Biography:

Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas during the integration of Central High School in 1957. Mann asked the federal government for assistance, and President Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10730, sending units of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock and federalizing the Arkansas National Guard. These U.S. Army troops escorted the "Little Rock Nine," as they became known, into Central High School on September 25, 1957.

Associated Subjects:

Mann, Woodrow Wilson, 1916-2002
Mann, Woodrow Wilson, 1916-2002--Correspondence

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

2 items in 1 collections (expand all)

Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century Information: Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Telegram from Mayor of Little Rock, Woodrow Mann, to President Eisenhower

Creator:

Mann, Woodrow Wilson, 1916-2002

Date of Original:

1957-09-24

Collection:

Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century Information: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Contributing Institution:

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Telegram from Mayor of Little Rock, Woodrow Mann, to President Eisenhower

Creator:

Mann, Woodrow Wilson, 1916-2002

Date of Original:

1957-09-23

Collection:

Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century Information: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Contributing Institution:

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Educator Resources:

1 items in 1 collections (expand all)

For Educators Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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The Civil Rights movement: First day of integration at Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas; photo and first-hand account from Elizabeth Eckford's perspective

Date of Original:

1957/1962

Collection:

For Educators

Contributing Institution:

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History