All Posts Tagged With: "desegregation"
Doc of the Day: Executive Order 10730
On September 24, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10730, thereby sending federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, where unruly crowds had prevented the desegregation of all-white Central High School. Not since the period of Reconstruction after the Civil War had federal troops gone to the South to maintain law and order. Many [...]
24Sep2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Chester Pach on Eisenhower and the Little Rock school crisis
Sometimes presidents take actions that surprise just about everybody, including themselves, and a good example is President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s decision fifty-one years ago to issue Executive Order 10730. Within hours after Eisenhower approved this document on September 24, 1957, U.S. Army troops arrived in Little Rock, Arkansas, to stop the violence that had prevented [...]
23Sep2008 | mdblogger | 1 comment | Continued
Scott A.G.M. Crawford on Eisenhower and Civil Rights
In the article I wrote about Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address for Milestone Documents in American History, I made the observation that Eisenhower’s presidency saw “very limited progress with respect to civil rights.” A cautionary tale: this comment needs revisiting. Last Christmas I visited Little Rock, Arkansas, and was exposed to the saga of what [...]
28Jul2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Executive Order 9981
On July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981. The purpose of the order was twofold. One purpose was to declare that it would be the policy of the United States to provide equality of opportunity for members of the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. In this [...]
26Jul2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued