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The Little Rock Desegregation Crisis was a historic event in the broader American Civil Rights movement.
On September 23, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered 1,000 federal troops into the capitol city to restore order.
Members of the 101st Airborne Division began escorting nine black students, the Little Rock Nine, to the school doors on September 25, 1957.
References
- Shelby Steele, "The Legacy of Little Rock," Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2007.
