Sept. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. After ...
Federal Judge Ronald Davies glanced at his case file, routinely called up the next item of business: “Civil Case No. 3113 On A Motion For Preliminary Injunction.” But Case 3113 was far from routine; ...
This year marks the 65th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used rifle-toting Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine ...
The seven Good Government Committee candidates running for office on Little Rock’s city-manager-type Board of Directors tried hard to keep Arkansas’ Governor Orval Faubus, and indeed the whole ...
As we approach the 65th anniversary of the Little Rock school crisis, Mayor Mann's courageous actions in the whirlwind of events should not be forgotten. As we stroll along the grand pantheon of ...
I recently visited the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site and couldn’t avoid seeing similarities to the current conflicts in Los Angeles. In 1957, federal law required that black ...
Up until May 1959, no jazz composition recorded by Charles Mingus had been as controversial or as politically charged as Fables of Faubus. The song, first recorded 50 years ago this month on Mingus Ah ...
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