Gov. Orval Faubus, until today civilian commander of the Guard, called up some of the guardsmen Sept. 2, he said, to prevent Negroes from entering Central High School and to prevent violence.

Orval Faubus. Faubus claimed it was for the students’ own protection, according to History.com. One of the more iconic photos of the Little Rock Nine features Elizabeth Eckford that day ...

In September 1957, Arkansas governor Orval Faubus ordered troops from the state National Guard to surround Central High School in Little Rock to prevent nine African American students from enrolling.

Ten years ago, in a major test of the Supreme Court’s educational desegregation rulings, Arkansas’ Governor Orval Faubus ordered out the National Guard to prevent Negro pupils from entering an ...

The Citizen was a progressive voice in the state’s southeast corner, speaking out during the Orval Faubus era in Arkansas. He continued to oppose the Faubus machine after being elected to the ...

S. mail went through. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 27--Last night Governor Faubus compared the calmness in Little Rock with the quiet in Paris during the occupation, and the stillness of Budapest today.