Federal troops enforced integration at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in this year
The 
following year, in 1957, under federal court order, the board received between ... 
on the matter of enforcement," President Eisenhower directed the Attorney 
General... [DOC] [TLE] Desegregation of Central High School - Encyclopedia of Arkansas [PAR] Mar 30, 2016 ... Home / Browse / Central High School, Desegregation of ... One of them, fifteen-
year-old Elizabeth Eckford, arrived at the north end of ... By October 1, most of the 
enforcement duty was turned over to the National Guard troops, and ... with a 
federal troop escort, the Little Rock Nine rode to school for the first... [DOC] [TLE] President Sends Troops to Little Rock, Federalizes Arkansas ... [PAR] 24--President Eisenhower sent Federal troops to Little Rock, Ark., today to open 
the way for the admission of nine Negro pupils to Central High School.