What southern city did President Eisenhower send federal troops to enforce school integration in 1957?
1 Answer
Apr 13, 2017
He sent troops to Little Rock in Arkansas.
Explanation:
In 1957 Eisenhower had to send federal troops to enact the desegregation of Little Rock high school. In that same year a Civil Rights Act was voted. Desegregation in the Fifties and Sixities after the Brown vs Board of Education supreme court decision in 1955 indeed military power or police to be enforced.
