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Little Rock Nine - Wikipedia  The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. .... In order to avoid any further complications, the public high schools were...
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We Shall Overcome -- Little Rock Central High School  Photographs and description of the Little Rock Central High School. ... On September 4, 1957, Governor Orval Faubus defied the court, calling in the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African American students--"The Little Rock...
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Little Rock School Desegregation (1957)  On 4 September 1957, the first day of school at Central High, a white mob ... and Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the...
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(1958) Orval E. Faubus, Speech on School Integration | The Black ...  In September 1957 Arkansas Democratic Governor Orval E. Faubus became the ... ordered by a federal judge to desegregate Little Rock's Central High School.
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Integration of Central High School - Black History - HISTORY.com  Little Rock Central High School Integration ... On September 4, 1957, the first day of classes at Central High, Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas ... to prevent the African-American students' entry to Central High, claiming this action was for the...
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U.S. Marshals escorting the brave Ruby Bridges. One of the first ...  I had the privilege of meeting Ruby when I was 8 years old - what an inspiration! ... First African American student to attend an all- white elementary school in the South. ...... to ever attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to forcibly...
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Desegregation of Central High School - Encyclopedia of Arkansas  Mar 30, 2016 ... On May 22, 1954, the Little Rock School Board issued a statement saying that it ... Cooper, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld the ... appealed to Governor Orval Faubus to take action to preserve order. ... These U.S. Army troops escorted the Little Rock Nine, as they became known, into...
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Oklahoma City bombing - Wikipedia  The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist car bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah .... In December 1994, McVeigh and Fortier visited Oklahoma City to inspect ... The nine-story building, built in 1977, was named for a federal judge and ... McVeigh planned to construct a bomb containing more than 5,000 pounds (2,300...
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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site-- Places ...  Beacon Hill at dusk, Boston African American National Historic Site; Plants ... some southern States actively resisted the creation of integrated educational systems. ... On August 29, 1957, two white-led groups, the Capitol Citizens' Council and ... National Guard Troops after being turned away from Little Rock Central High...
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List of tallest buildings in Little Rock - Wikipedia  In 1986, both the TCBY Tower, at 547 feet and 40 stories and the Rogers building, at 365 feet and 25 stories, were under construction and completed. The TCBY...
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Little Rock Central High School - the Arkansas Historic Preservation ...  order federalized the Arkansas National Guard and ordered the Secretary of Defense to ... federal troops to enforce a federal district court order in Little Rock,. Arkansas. ... U.S. Army troops escort black students into Little Rock Central .... Judge Davis said that the Governor should be taken at his word, i.e., that he had sent in.
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A Blaze of Botched Chances | News | The Harvard Crimson  By Scott A. Kaufer, March 18, 1974. MEL BROOKS is a ... Lamaar convinces Governor Lepetomane (Mel Brooks) to make Bart the sheriff of the peaceful Western town of Rock Ridge. Lamaar figures that the spectre of a ... Cleavon Little, another gift from the world of TV comedy, plays Black Bart like Stepin Fetchit. Such a...
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All Eyes on Little Rock Central High - National Park Service  In response, lower courts judged the 1957 desegregation date to be in line ... The co-editor of the Tiger, Little Rock Central High School's student ... of gradual integration under which the high school grades would be integrated starting in September, 1957. ... for the interference of the court's order to proceed with integration.
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The Crisis of 1957 - National Park Service  In 1957, nine African-American students entered Little Rock .... decision and urged southern states to resist it. ... Rock, the Capital Citizens' Council - a local version of the .... enforcement duty was turned over to the Arkansas National Guard troops .... armed guards escorted her to classes, but LaNier concentrated on her...
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The Presidential Libraries Act after 50 Years | National Archives  It was 16 years before another presidential library openedthis time under ... The government, in turn, agrees to maintain both the property and the buildings at public expense. ... Truman took his presidential materials with him to Kansas City, Missouri, ... birthday, May 8, 1955, and the library was dedicated on July 6, 1957.
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Committee Reports - 105th Congress (1997-1998) - Senate Report ...  LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ... the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and designated by the Secretary of the...
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jeopardy/1711_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  LITTLE ROCK | In 1979, at age 32, he moved into the governor's mansion in Little Rock | Bill Clinton ... Number: 19 .... BUSINESSMEN | At age 19 in 1984 he founded PCs Limited, selling souped-up IBMs from his dorm room | Michael Dell.
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Desegregation of Central High School - Encyclopedia of Arkansas  Mar 30, 2016 ... On September 4, 1957, nine African-American students attempted to ... On September 20, 1957, Judge Davies ordered Faubus and the National Guard commanders to stop ... and left the state for a Southern governors' conference in Georgia. ... These U.S. Army troops escorted the Little Rock Nine, as they...
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Public Roads - Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956: Creating The ...  Jun 15, 2015 ... The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1938 directed the chief of the ... period, they helped popularize the concept of interstate highways. .... Because of the death of his sister-in-law, the president was unable to attend, and Vice President Richard M. ..... In October 1990, President George Bush - whose father, Sen.
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Elvis' hometown hit by deadly tornadoes - NY Daily News  Apr 29, 2014 ... Elvis Presley's hometown Tupelo, Miss., hit by deadly tornadoes in South ... At least one of the nine Mississippi victims was reported in Tupelo, ... Much of the city was obliterated by a tornado in 1936, when Presley was just a baby. .... blasted through Arkansas on Sunday, killing 15 residents, flattening...
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Dale Bumpers - Wikipedia  Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925  January 1, 2016) was an American politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (19711975) and in the United States Senate .... Bumpers decided not to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988, despite support from many colleagues, including...