task force 153rd infantry was the part of the arkansas national guard that eventually took primary responsibility for escorting the little rock nine to school.
task force 153rd infantry was the part of the arkansas national guard that eventually took primary responsibility for escorting the little rock nine to school.
what part of the arkansas national guard eventually took primary responsibility for escorting the little rock nine to school?
task force 153rd infantry
from december 1957 through may 1958, task force 153rd infantry maintained one platoon at central high school, another on 30 minute recall at camp robinson, a company on one hour recall, while the remainder of the battalion remained on duty at camp robinson. members of the unit were involved in breaking up assaults on members of the little rock nine by white students and responding to bomb threats against the school as late as february 1958. on may 8, 1958, the last three arkansas national guard soldiers withdrew from central high school.









































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arkansas national guard and the integration of central high school
the little rock nine incident of 1957 centered around little rock central high school brought arkansas to national attention. after the little rock school board had voted to begin carrying out desegregation in compliance with the law, segregationist protesters physically blocked nine black students recruited by the naacp from entering the school. governor orval faubus deployed the arkansas national guard to support the segregationists, and only backed down after judge ronald davies of u.s. district court for the eastern district of arkansas granted an injunction from the u.s. department of justice compelling him to withdraw the guard. white mobs began to riot when the nine black students began attending school. president dwight d. eisenhower, on the request of little rock mayor, deployed the 101st airborne division to little rock and federalized the arkansas national guard to protect the students and ensure their safe passed to school. little rock's four public high schools were closed in september 1958, only reopening a year later. integration across all grades was finally achieved in fall 1972. the little rock school episode drew international attention to the troubled state of race relations in the united states.
history of arkansas