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Orval Faubus and the battle over Central High School

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Summary

On the morning of 4 September 1957, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Eckford walked alone towards Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas, only to be met by a screaming mob and armed National Guard soldiers who had been ordered to block her entry.

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