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You're right Bubb. I was thinking of the earlier "Little Rock Nine" incident of 1957, which involved Arkansas State Democrat Governor Orval Faubus's refusal to honor a Federal court order to integrate the schools. President Eisenhower placed the Arkansas National Guard under Federal control and sent Army troops to escort nine black students into an all-white public school. The integration did not occur without violence. When President Kennedy stood up to George Wallace, he was following President Eisenhower's lead. After Ike set the precedent, Kennedy could hardly have failed to follow suit.
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