#LittleRock mayor #WoodrowWilsonMann asked Pres. #Eisenhower to send in federal troops to enforce the #desegregation of schools. Eisenhower invoked the #InsurrectionAct on #ThisDayInHistory in 1957, using the Army and a federalized #ArkansasNationalGuard to protect #Black kids.
September 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM
#LittleRock mayor #WoodrowWilsonMann asked Pres. #Eisenhower to send in federal troops to enforce the #desegregation of schools. Eisenhower invoked the #InsurrectionAct on #ThisDayInHistory in 1957, using the Army and a federalized #ArkansasNationalGuard to protect #Black kids.