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To: DoodleDawg
“They're not going anywhere. They can't be deployed unless the governor requests federal troops and he isn't going to.”

That is an interesting comment.

Did President Eisenhower wait for Governor Faubus to request assistance before sending in the 101st Airborne?

41 posted on 05/31/2020 11:55:07 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem

No, Ike waited until the Mayor of Little Rock asked him for help!

The two involved mayors in Minnesota have declared that their cities have been under attack by out state terrorists, Antifa. They have asked for help.

AG Barr has declared Antifa to be a terrorist organization.

The table has been set up by these mayors and AG Barr.

The stage has been set in both cities with the mayors asking for help and “identifying” Antifa as outside terrorists. Trump can now do what Ike did in Little Rock in 1957!

Eisenhower and the Little Rock Crisis

Can you imagine armed troops blocking you from going to school? That’s what happened in Little Rock, Arkansas in the fall of 1957. Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School. Central High was an all white school.

The 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Topeka made segregation in public schools illegal. Governor Faubus defied this decision. He also defied a 1955 ruling (Brown II). The 1955 decision ordered that public schools be desegregated with all deliberate speed.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower was presented with a difficult problem. He wanted to uphold the Constitution and the laws, but also avoid a possible bloody confrontation in Arkansas, where emotions ran high. What do you think Eisenhower did?

President Eisenhower, who was vacationing in Newport, Rhode Island, arranged to meet Governor Faubus there to discuss the tense situation in Little Rock. In their brief meeting, Eisenhower thought Faubus had agreed to enroll African American students, so he told Faubus that his National Guard troops could stay at Central High and enforce order. Once back in Little Rock, Governor Faubus withdrew the National Guard. A few days later, 9 African American students slipped into the school to enroll and a full scale riot erupted. The situation quickly ran out of control, as Governor Faubus did nothing to stop the violence.

Finally, the mayor of Little Rock appealed directly to President Eisenhower for help.

Eisenhower knew he had to act boldly. He placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control and sent 1,000 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division to assist them in restoring order in Little Rock. The daring tactic worked and the African American students were enrolled without further violent disturbances. The law had been upheld, but Eisenhower was criticized both by those who felt he had not done enough to ensure civil rights for African Americans and those who believed he had gone too far in asserting federal power over the states.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rJA2dm88zakn_RXo9zkeb66qhEPp9tSbRrlBxlxLZCM/edit


60 posted on 05/31/2020 12:19:24 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( If the reason you're wearing a mask is to protect me, stay at home. If you are sick, stay at home)
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To: jeffersondem
Did President Eisenhower wait for Governor Faubus to request assistance before sending in the 101st Airborne?

Since Governor Faubus was heading the unlawful obstruction of the authority of the United States then no, he was not consulted. There is numerous federal laws that allows the president to act under those circumstances. And that is not the case in Minnesota or any other state, as well you know.

71 posted on 05/31/2020 12:37:13 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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