The campaign for African-American civil rights in the USA, 1950-1968. The events at Little Rock
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- The campaign for African-American civil rights in the USA, 1950-1968. The events at Little Rock
- Cause
- The supreme court ruling in favour of BROWN
- White rascist reluctantcys to intergrate
- Faubus wanted white votes so played on white racism
- Participants
- Litlle Rock Nine
- The national guard
- Media
- Orval Faubus
- Eisenhower
- NAACP
- Daisy Bates
- Significance
- First time Eisenhower had used feredal enforcement
- First sign of support for civil rights
- Supreme court legislation proved ineffective
- De Facto
- Despite being told to desegregate Little Rock, Faubus shut the school down
- First time Eisenhower had used feredal enforcement
- Events
- NAACP member Daisy Bates asked 9 black students to be the first students to intergrate
- Huge white reaction
- Violent and disgraceful verbal abuse
- Punching, kicking, spitting and flaming paper wads - even acid!
- Faubus sent in Arkansas National Guard to prevent students entering school
- Eisenhower then sent in federal troops to ensure the students entered the school
- Cause
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