Faubus

(He called Faubus a "no-good motherfucker," which ended up in print as "uneducated plowboy.") "When I see on television and read about a crowd in Arkansas spitting on a little colored girl, I think I have a right to get sore," he explained.

Through a Lens, Darkly Margolick, David 2007

Orval Faubus defied federal court orders to de-segregate that city's schools.

Ken Blackwell: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize Ken Blackwell 2012

Orval Faubus in 1957 playing to the locals and television cameras on segregation before Daisy Bates and the nine young advocates pushed the issue and President Eisenhower stepped in and protected Arkansas' Little Rock Nine and their right to an education.

John H. Jackson: Lights, Camera, Action: Time to Change the Script and Bring in New Directors in Public Education Reform John H. Jackson 2011

Orval Faubus in 1957 playing to the locals and television cameras on segregation before Daisy Bates and the nine young advocates pushed the issue and President Eisenhower stepped in and protected Arkansas' Little Rock Nine and their right to an education.

John H. Jackson: Lights, Camera, Action: Time to Change the Script and Bring in New Directors in Public Education Reform John H. Jackson 2011

The whole soundtrack is jazz, from Thelonious Monk to Anthony Braxton and Charlie Mingus's 'Fables of Faubus' about Orval Faubus, the Arkansas governor, who barred blacks from his state's public schools.

'Train' Out of Iran Nat Hentoff 2011

Orval Faubus defied federal court orders to de-segregate that city's schools.

Ken Blackwell: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize Ken Blackwell 2012

Orval Faubus for his bullying obstructionism—he drew rebukes from certain blacks, who criticized his remarks as intemperate or hypocritical.

The Art of Staying Hot Tom Nolan 2011

Orval Faubus defied federal court orders to de-segregate that city's schools.

Ken Blackwell: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize Ken Blackwell 2012

Orval Faubus defied federal court orders to de-segregate that city's schools.

Ken Blackwell: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize Ken Blackwell 2012

Orval Faubus "cannot use force to defy the equal protection clause by saying a decision of the Supreme Court construing a constitutional provision is not enforceable," Mr. Freyer said.

Gingrich vs. Courts Echoes South's Criticism of 1950s Segregation Decisions Jess Bravin 2011