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TIL when racial segregation was ruled unconstitutional, Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to “Preserve the Peace” by blocking black students. President Dwight D. Eisenhower reacted by federalizing Arkansas National Guard assuming control to then protect the black students

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