Orval Faubus moved to Little Rock—and (to him) the big time. A Scheme for Security. Elected governor on a fluke in 1954, re-elected last year, Orval Faubus was right where he wanted to be.

This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. “D own From the Hills” is a two-volume memoir written by Orval Eugene Faubus, the long-serving Arkansas ...

Sept. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history:In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. After ...

“Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney, for writing one of the best songs ever made,” wrote Beyoncé in an Instagram post. “Every time I sing it I feel so honored.” Beyoncé’s rendition of the Beatles’ White ...

Once owned by Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus. Maybe. The car, which doesn't run and needs a lot of work, is being sold through an eBay auction that ends Friday. Bidding had reached $22,150 as of late ...

Orval Faubus, who had been dignified the previous weekend by a conference with the President of the U.S. (TIME, Sept. 23), returned from Newport all full of himself, ...

Thelma Mothershed-Wair, who has died aged 83, was one of the nine black students who in 1957 had to be escorted by the 101st Airborne Division through jeering mobs at Little Rock Central High ...

A 1960 Chevrolet Impala convertible that may have belonged to Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus sold Friday on eBay for $26,600. The buyer wants complete privacy, said Chris Morris of Fruita, Colo., who ...

On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.

Gov. Orval Faubus, who attempted to stop school desegregation, displayed photos in September 1957, from Little Rock, Ark., printed in the New York Daily News, showing soldiers clamping down on ...

On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used rifle-toting Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine Black students from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock.

Rather than let Gov. Orval Faubus use armed National Guardsmen to defy a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard Sept. 24, 1957, and sent 1,200 soldiers from the ...