During the 1954 Arkansas Democratic gubernatorial primary ...
1954 Arkansas gubernatorial election - Wikipedia
Incumbent Democratic Governor Francis Cherry was narrowly defeated in the Democratic primary. Democratic nominee Orval Faubus defeated Republican nominee Pratt ...
During the 1954 Arkansas Democratic gubernatorial primary ...
During the 1954 Arkansas Democratic gubernatorial primary, Governor Francis Cherry essentially accused Orval Faubus of being a communist because ...
1954 United States gubernatorial elections - Wikipedia
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2, 1954, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections. Elections also took place ...
Arkansas - National Governors Association
Governor's Name, State, Time in Office, Party. Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas, 2019 - 2023 2015 - 2019, Republican. Gov. Mike Beebe, Arkansas, 2007 - 2015
State Governors 1953-1975 - Arkansas Secretary of State
Cherry was elected Governor of Arkansas on November 4, 1952 after a campaign in which he effectively used the medium of radio to raise both his visibility and ...
Orval Eugene Faubus | Governor, Arkansas, Desegregation
Orval Eugene Faubus was a U.S. politician who, as governor of Arkansas (1954–67), fought against the desegregation of Little Rock Central ...
Democratic Party - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Even for the historically one-party Democratic South, the Democratic Party's control of Arkansas politics was solid—until the end of the ...
Arkansas Politics in the 20th Century: Twelve Elections That Shaped ...
As a political movement, the protest crested in Arkansas with the race for governor in 1888, when the Democrats literally had to steal the election. But by the ...
Francis Adams Cherry (1908–1965) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Francis Adams Cherry was a chancery judge, Arkansas's thirty-fifth governor, and chairman of the federal Subversive Activities Control Board ...
Civil Rights: The Little Rock School Integration Crisis
Nine African-American students enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The ensuing struggle between segregationists and integrationists.
James Miller studied law but joined the U.S. Army as a major in 1808. He fought bravely during the War of 1812 at the Battle of Lundy's Lane (Niagara,.
1954 Arkansas gubernatorial election - Wikiwand articles
Incumbent Democratic Governor Francis Cherry was narrowly defeated in the Democratic primary. Democratic nominee Orval Faubus defeated Republican nominee ...
Democratic Primary for Governor's Election, May 2-7, 1974
The surveys measure reaction to integration, highway bonds, sales tax, local elections, senatorial and presidential politics as well as to OEF's gubernatorial ...
M99-15 – GOVERNOR BEN T. LANEY COLLECTION — Archives
was born on November 25, 1896, on a farm in the Jones Chapel community of Ouachita County, Arkansas. He was one of eleven children of Ben T. Laney, Sr. and ...
The Southern Manifesto and "Massive Resistance" to Brown v. Board
After the unanimous Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board, southern legislators called for "massive resistance" to the ruling.
The election that changed Arkansas politics
The 1966 gubernatorial election was a defining moment in 20th century Arkansas politics. Not before nor since has the electorate been ...
Orval Faubus: The Central Figure at Little Rock Central High School
sent federal troops to force the integration of Central High School, re- sulted in instant fame for Faubus and lasting notoriety for Little Rock. Since the fall ...
Harris, Fred Roy | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
On November 13, 1930, future U.S. Sen. Fred Roy Harris was born to Fred Byron and Eunice Alene Person Harris in a two-room farmhouse at Walters, Oklahoma.
INTRODUCTION Speech of Governor Orval E. Faubus, September ...
In 1954 the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of ...
Crisis Timeline - Little Rock Central High School National Historic ...
August 29, 1853. Little Rock's first public school opens - for white students only. January 1, 1863. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the ...