Orval Faubus

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Orval Faubus was a segregationist Arkansas governor best known for his 1957 opposition to school desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Governor of Arkansas
human
politician
birthDate 1910-01-07
birthPlace Combs, Arkansas
Madison County, Arkansas
causeOfPublicControversy defiance of federal desegregation orders in 1957
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1994-12-14
education Common schools in Arkansas
era Civil Rights era in the United States
ethnicity White American
familyName Faubus
givenName Orval
governedDuring Little Rock school integration crisis of 1957
ideology segregationism
involvedIn resistance to Brown v. Board of Education implementation
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
militaryService United States Army
name Orval Eugene Faubus
notableEvent Little Rock Crisis
notableFor opposition to school desegregation
role in the Little Rock Crisis
occupation politician
opposed desegregation of Little Rock Central High School
orderInOffice 36th Governor of Arkansas
parent Addie Joslin Faubus
Samuel W. Faubus
partyAffiliationDuringGovernorship Democratic Party
placeOfDeath Conway, Arkansas
politicalOffice Governor of Arkansas
positionHeld Governor of Arkansas
precededBy Francis Cherry
religion Baptist
residence Huntsville, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
servedAs county judge of Madison County, Arkansas
spouse Alta Haskins
stateRepresented Arkansas
subjectOf historical studies on the Civil Rights Movement
succeededBy Winthrop Rockefeller
termEnd 1967-01-10
termStart 1955-01-11
usedAuthorityTo deploy Arkansas National Guard to block integration of Little Rock Central High School

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