Arkansas State Press

The famous Negro kids attending Central hi school here under the protective custody of federalized Arkansas guards are taking their leave this week for a short holiday season. The kids who became famous when President Eisenhower dispatched troops to escort them into school in compliance with a federal court approved integration order, after Governor Faubus had called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent their entrance.

The Negroes have been in attendance at the former all-white school since September 25, when they were escorted in by members of the 101 Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky under the command of Major General Edwin Walker.

After 101st had made it known to Little Rockians that federal orders are orders to be obeyed, and that federal laws supersede state laws, people who had been previously worked up to violence reluctantly accepted the Negroes in school. Then Secretary of the Army, General Brucker withdrew some of the 101st and left a skeleton crew here to assist the Arkansas National guard who had been federalized by Eisenhower, to protect the Negroes.

For several weeks the children were assembled at a central point See "L.R. 9"-page four.

Suspended

Minnie Jean Brown, one of the nine Negro children who is attending Central hi school was suspended Tuesday for an indefinite period.

Minnie is accused of spilling chili on a white student. Ordinarily, it is reported, that such incident would easily be erased with the familiar "excuse me", but circumstances surrounding this one made a suspension inevitable.
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and were picked up and escorted to the school by members of the 101st.

This was done until enraged white citizens became accustomed to seeing the Negroes in the school and then they were allowed to come to school accompanied by parents or friends. This procedure worked well, as far as the coming and going was concerned.

But with a laxity on the part of the federalized guards who had been assigned to the school, according to reports, made the Negro students' plight a little difficult. But in spite of the difficulties the children are still in an integrated school in Little Rock.

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