Part 1 of Essay
In September of 1957, one of the greatest battles between state’s rights and federal law, since the Civil War, took place in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Supreme Court ordered “gradual integration” in public schools throughout the United States. The problem in Little Rock was the fact that the citizens did not want any ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... of integration, Governor Orvil Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the student from entering the school. The guards were literally lined up, guarding the door while hundreds of angry protesters attacked the students. Students and parents were shouting obscenities, spitting on the black students, and beating them. When word spread of what Faubus was doing the Presbytery of Ouachita comprised of ministers and lay representatives of several Presbyterian churches in Arkansas started a “st ....