Word: faubusism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Aftermath. Then, in 1957, came a great blow to Arkansas' backwater mentality. Dwight Eisenhower ordered U.S. paratroopers into Little Rock to resolve an unnecessary and uncharacteristic racial crisis over school integration. Overnight the ugly montage of shrieking segregationists, terrified Negro schoolchildren, and the dyspeptic protestations of Governor Orval Faubus became Arkansas' image to the world. The psychological effect was traumatic. Having previously prided themselves on relatively good race relations, many Arkansans were deeply repelled by the picture that they presented in the unhappy aftermath of Little Rock. It took nearly a decade to germinate, but the seed...
...Gitters. When Orval Faubus took office as Governor in 1955, one of his first important acts was to establish the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission to lure manufacturing to the state. Win Rockefeller was the obvious choice to head it. Rockefeller was so determined to make the agency work that he personally padded the salaries of key staff members to induce them to stay with the commission. One of the commission's first big catches was a $57 million International Paper plant, completed in 1958. During Rockefeller's nine years as chairman, 600 new plants were built, providing...
...victory sweeter for the Republicans than in Arkansas, where Winthrop Rockefeller, 54, had to overcome both political tradition and a barrage of personal slurs by Democrat Jim Johnson, 41, a ranting segregationist who helped make the campaign one of the nation's dirtiest. Rockefeller, who gave Democratic Governor Orval Faubus a scare in the 1964 election, loosened up his campaign style, tightened up his party's fledgling apparatus, and let Jim Johnson undo himself. In the process, the nascent Arkansas G.O.P. elected its first Lieutenant Governor and its first U.S. Congressman in modern times...
Rockefeller nonetheless has maintained a healthy lead. Though unsuccessful in his bid to unseat Governor Orval Faubus two years ago, Rockefeller got nearly 44% of the vote. Since then, he has built a Republican organization in almost every corner of the state, and has never stopped campaigning...
...Democrats, on the other hand, were split by a bitter primary battle. Johnson last August defeated Faubus' personal choice for a successor, and in repeated attacks on the Faubus machine vowed to "slap the hogs away from the trough." In trouble, Johnson has not only shown himself eager to shake hands with Negroes, but has also gone hat in hand to seek Faubus' blessing. Faubus, in turn, is urging his supporters to "come to the lick log" (Arkansas argot meaning swallow your pride and back Johnson). Nonetheless, with a private poll showing Rockefeller ahead with 52% to Johnson...