Little Rock
-largest city in Arkansas
-1957, 3 black girls tried to attend a white school (Little Rock High School)
-Governor of Arkansas (Orval Faubus) used National Guard to stop them
-Mayor of the City (Woodrow Mann) called on President Eisenhower to bring in Federal troops
-2 American armies facing off
-troops from 101st airborne were used to protect the girls to go to school
-white population of Little Rock were angry
-1957, 3 black girls tried to attend a white school (Little Rock High School)
-Governor of Arkansas (Orval Faubus) used National Guard to stop them
-Mayor of the City (Woodrow Mann) called on President Eisenhower to bring in Federal troops
-2 American armies facing off
-troops from 101st airborne were used to protect the girls to go to school
-white population of Little Rock were angry
Little Rock proved that the federal government will do everything they could to prevent racial discrimination.