Orval Faubus

E29267

Governor of Arkansas human politician

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

Aliases (3)

Statements (45)

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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Little Rock Central High School →	associatedWithPerson
Arkansas National Guard ("Governor Orval Faubus") →	commanderDuringEvent
Orval Faubus ("Faubus") →	familyName
Little Rock Integration Crisis →	involves
Orval Faubus ("Orval Eugene Faubus") →	name
Southern Democrats →	notableMember