Posted on 06/27/2015 5:18:40 AM PDT by markomalley
President Eisenhower sent Federal troops to Little Rock, Ark., today to open the way for the admission of nine Negro pupils to Central High School.
Earlier, the President federalized the Arkansas National Guard and authorized calling the Guard and regular Federal forces to remove obstructions to justice in Little Rock school integration.
His history-making action was based on a formal finding that his "cease and desist" proclamation, issued last night, had not been obeyed. Mobs of pro-segregationists still gathered in the vicinity of Central High School this morning.
Tonight, from the White House, President Eisenhower told the nation in a speech for radio and television that he had acted to prevent "mob rule" and "anarchy."
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
...but check out the photo, and news item heading at the bottom of that image of front page New York Times Sept.25, 1957
3 Coast Guard Craft Flags(?) of the nation to Make Transit
Just think of the poor polar bears. They didn't graduate from high school to go on to college, so are stuck there without solid sheet ice to wander around upon (since 1957).
Brings a tear to the eye...
From back in 2011 (not quite as long ago as 1957, for those of you in Rio Linda who went to school but never graduated, 'cuz they bought you books, sent you to school, and what did you do? -- you ate the books)
/thread hi-jack opening sequence
you may now return to your regularly scheduled programming
I think the events in LR are a great history-political discussion just the same.
Obama will do what he will do but any overreaction or violence would be a bad move by either side in this country right now.
Thanks for the ping and the post and the link.
That is how a hard right POTUS annihilates the marxists and queers.
We are way beyond a political solution to the domestic communist problem and their homosexual and black shock troop.
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