4.2K views · 30 reactions | Back in 1957, Gov. Orval Faubus called for the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the Little Rock Nine from attending school. Aired during ABC’s Our World program, Faubus’s call to action contrasted the sense of safety for Ernest Green, one of the nine Black students who integrated Central High School. (Digitized by the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History) https://katv.com/ | KATV Channel 7 | Facebook

Sixty-two years ago today, Governor Orval Faubus called in the Arkansas National Guard to Central High School in Little Rock. The US Supreme Court issued its decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, ordering all schools throughout the nation to be desegregated. The Little Rock school board agreed with the ruling, and the NAACP registered nine African American students to enroll in the previously all-white Central High School. Once integration was set to begin, the Arkansas National Guard

2.2K views · 13 reactions | Arkansas educator Dorothy Gillam revisits her experiences with Gov. Orval Faubus. Faubus is infamous for his handling of the Little Rock Crisis following the integration of 9 Black students in 1957. (Digitized by the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History) https://bit.ly/319k7SX | KATV Channel 7 | Facebook