- Collection:
- Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century Information: Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Title:
- Press release regarding Executive Order 10730, Providing assistance for the removal of an obstruction of justice within the state of Arkansas
- Creator:
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Date of Original:
- 1957-09-24
- Subject:
- Federal-state controversies--Arkansas
School integration--Arkansas--Little Rock
African American students--Arkansas--Little Rock
High school students--Arkansas--Little Rock
Segregation in education--Arkansas--Little Rock
Race riots--Arkansas--Little Rock
Violence--Arkansas--Little Rock
Governors--Arkansas
Race relations
Little Rock (Ark.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
Soldiers--United States
Presidents--United States
Obstruction of justice--Arkansas--Little Rock
Executive orders--United States
Intervention (Federal government)--Arkansas--Little Rock - People:
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Location:
- United States, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock, 34.74648, -92.28959
United States, Rhode Island, Newport County, Newport, 41.4901, -71.31283 - Medium:
- press releases
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Executive order 10730 issued by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 24, 1957 authorizing the Department of Defense to restore order and enforce court-ordered integration in Little Rock, Arkansas. The day before Eisenhower had issued a proclamation ordering mobs in Little Rock to disperse; when the mobs refused to comply, Eisenhower authorized military presence in Little Rock. The Little Rock school district voted to integrate its schools in 1957. Governor Faubus, opposed to integration, sent members of the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students--the "Little Rock Nine"--from entering Little Rock Central High School on September 4. Federal courts ordered Governor Faubus to remove the troops and permit the nine students to enter the school on September 23, 1957. However, because of the rioting that continued outside, the students were removed from the school after three hours. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered troops from the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to restore order and to protect the students. After a single year of integration, Governor Faubus closed the Little Rock public high schools to avoid further integration. The United States Supreme Court declared Faubus' action illegal and the public schools reopened August 1959.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://presidentialtimeline.org/html/record.php?id=122
- Rights Holder:
- Rights Status: Unrestricted
- Original Collection:
- Collection: Records of Kevin McCann, Box Number: 20, Folder Title: September 1957.
- Contributing Institution:
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
- Rights:
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