Word: faubusing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Those who think Arkansas failed will oppose Faubus when he seeks a third term as Governor next year. A few others will be against him because they feel he is not forceful enough on the race issue, and will support an ardent segregationist such as State Attorney General Bruce Bennett. But at present it appears that Faubus will be able to pose successfully as the tragic hero of a long battle for states and constitutional rights...
Perhaps also Faubus has unwittingly aided the cause of integration, not only in Arkansas but in the entire South. Most Southern governors have studiously avoided a showdown with the federal government, because few people seriously contend that the power of the United States can be thwarted by a single state or group of states...
Most practical segregationists hope only to delay integration as long as possible, by legal tactics and by convincing Negroes that they are better off in their own schools. Faubus, on the contrary, played his entire hand in about three weeks and the result is not segregation...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 27--Governor Faubus acted out of desperation to create an emotional issue for his political gain, Sidney S. McMath, former two-term governor of Arkansas, said tonight...
...told the CRIMSON that Faubus was undoubtedly in control of the state, and that no candidate could hope, at present, to defeat him. The ex-governor did say, however, that he felt the liberal wing of the state party would eventually emerge stronger because of the present situation...