Orval Faubus And The Little Rock Nine

Orval Faubus was born in 1910. He was the thirty sixth governor of Arkansas. During his second term he sent the national guard to Little Rock Central High School to keep nine high school girls out of school. He kept them out of school for ten days. President Eisenhower then called a meeting with him. Faubus agreed to use the national guard to keep the Little Rock Nine safe, but when he returned to Little Rock he dismissed the troops. The Little Rock Nine was alone at Little Rock Central High School
The NAACP is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP was founded in 1909 by Moorfield Storey, Mary White Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois. The NAACP fights for integration at Little Rock Central High School. The NAACP