Word: faubusing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Faubus can talk on both sides of the same issue, which is precisely the reason why most observers feel that he is using integration simply for his political advantage...
...Faubus Motives...
...What Faubus does not point out is that integration was in fact approved by the Little Rock School Board, which presumably represents the will of the people. Accordingly, the governor should not be in the present fight...
Basically, Faubus is probably not a dedicated segregationist. He is seen by many as opposed to integration now simply because it is the best issue which a politician can have in the South today...
...Governor has been very successful and there is no reason to believe that his luck will run out in the near future. There is some speculation that Faubus can be personally linked to the outbreak of violence which occurred around Central High School on Monday. If this could be done, he would be seriously discredited, but for the present the governor can say, "I told you so," and basically law abiding citizens of Arkansas agree that until he was relieved of his power there was no violence, although there was of course no integration...