Executive Order 10730Active

Desegregation of Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas

Dwight D. Eisenhower

September 23, 1957

22 FR 7628

Summary

Authorized the use of federal troops to enforce the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, after Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent Black students from entering the school.

Topics

civil rightsdesegregationeducationfederal troops

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