In 1957, President Eisenhower responded to Governor Orval Faubus using his state’s National Guard to block integration, by sending U.S. Army paratroopers to Little Rock Central High School to protect students
In 1957, President Eisenhower responded to Governor Orval Faubus using his state’s National Guard to block integration, by sending U.S. Army paratroopers to Little Rock Central High School to protect students
Just imagine needing an entire army just to go to school safely. Shows how deep the roots of racism go and how brave these students were.
bebopbrain on
When the guard was used to protect rights.
kenobrien73 on
And the same racists are still alive.
Gabrielredux on
Eisenhower was in the original Antifa.
Hetzendorfer on
Eisenhower knew how to handle Nazis.
burley1 on
Wait a minute, I just heard JB Pritzger say that no one has ever deployed the military in our country, is this just a fake or is he lieing? I can’t believe he would lie, would he?
fivespeedmazda on
Ah yes sending in the army to protect the citizens rather than sending in the army to kidnap the citizens
Reasonable_Squash576 on
So the US Federal Government sent federal armed forces into a US State to protect US citizens. Maybe we should try that again!
Lake_Effect_11134 on
Remember, Eisenhower met Faubus and left the meeting thinking he would comply. But Faubus then removed the guard entirely leading to no one protecting the school. The Mayor of Little Rock and a Congressman asked Eisenhower for assistance leading to the Insurrection act being used.
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Just imagine needing an entire army just to go to school safely. Shows how deep the roots of racism go and how brave these students were.
When the guard was used to protect rights.
And the same racists are still alive.
Eisenhower was in the original Antifa.
Eisenhower knew how to handle Nazis.
Wait a minute, I just heard JB Pritzger say that no one has ever deployed the military in our country, is this just a fake or is he lieing? I can’t believe he would lie, would he?
Ah yes sending in the army to protect the citizens rather than sending in the army to kidnap the citizens
So the US Federal Government sent federal armed forces into a US State to protect US citizens. Maybe we should try that again!
Remember, Eisenhower met Faubus and left the meeting thinking he would comply. But Faubus then removed the guard entirely leading to no one protecting the school. The Mayor of Little Rock and a Congressman asked Eisenhower for assistance leading to the Insurrection act being used.