Using their state national guards to thwart these initiatives, some southern states opposed desegregation.
For instance, Orval Faubus, the governor of Arkansas, employed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the integration of nine African-American students into Central High School. In response, President Eisenhower dispatched the National Guard to make sure that these pupils could attend Central High School. To assist these youngsters in attending school, he sent about a thousand troops.
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