[syriacus]

Almost exactly 50 years ago ( in the face of opposition from Arkansas' Democratic Governor Orval Faubus) Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, an action which ensured the peaceful integration of Little Rock Central High.

[syriacus]

Telegram from parents of AR students to Eisenhower, thanking him for sending 101st to protect kids

[Dilbert San Diego]

This action by Ike showed that the federal government would enforce integration, by force if needed.

How ironic that southern Democrats of the time were so against this action, by a Republican president. Yet today the Democratic party gets 90+% of the black vote, and Republicans are alleged to be insensitive to minorities.

Ike had nothing to gain politically by sending troops to Little Rock. Could we give Ike credit for taking a principled stand?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I was in a STRAC unit at Fort Hood and we went on full alert.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

In 1956 my dad dragged us kids kicking and screaming from the western states to the hills of Arkansas. When the crisis hit in 1967 we had to ask..”What is segregation?”

We had gone to schools with Hispanics, Blacks, Indians and could not comprehend keeping kids out of school because of the color of their skin.

The school here which was all white in 1956-7 now has whites, Laotians,Hispanics (Lots of hispanics)Chinese and Japaneese. Our town even had a Hindu temple.

My how times have changed.

[colorado tanker]

Ike was a great man and a fine President. Much better than the MSM and academics will ever give him credit for. In contrast, when “the torch” passed, the Kennedyites royally screwed just about everything up by 1968.

[Chi-townChief]

They were ready to kick some democrat ass, if necessary.