Federal troops enforced integration at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in this year
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as the chief law enforcement officer of the 
United States,... [DOC] [TLE] Little Rock Central High School - History Learning Site [PAR] The Little Rock Central High School incident of 1957 in Arkansas brought ... On 
the first day of the school year, the nine students did not show up  on the advice 
of the ... stated that he would not use Federal troops to enforce desegregation.