On September 2, 1957--the day before Little Rock Central High School was to admit nine African-American teenagers as part of a gradual integration plan--Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered state militia troops into the capital, allegedly to prevent violence. The next day, the National Guard surrounded the school and blocked the access of the African-American students. Meanwhile, an angry white mob had gathered in support of the governor's stand against desegregation, and the African-American students only narrowly escaped bodily harm. A federal court and President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered Faubus to comply with integration plans, and eventually the governor agreed to step aside. He did nothing, however, to disperse the mobs that were still surrounding Central High School and vowing death to any African American who tried to enter. By September 24, the racist mobs had become so out of control that the Little Rock mayor sent an urgent message to the White House asking for...
Under escort from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had...
In Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of antiwar demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four students, wounding eight, and permanently paralyzing...
On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson notifies Alabama's Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to call up the Alabama National Guard in order to supervise a planned...
On May 2, 1970, National Guard troops were called to Kent, Ohio, to suppress students rioting in protest of the Vietnam War and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. The next day, scattered protests were...
OCC locks and loads as they pay tribute to the troops by finding out what they really go through. The crew goes on a weapons exercise with the National Guard during a simulation of an ambush attack...
On April 29, 1992, Los Angeles erupted in rioting and looting following the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of motorist Rodney King. Violence first erupted at the...
While on a weapons exercise with the National Guard, the crew from OCC finds out what our troops really go through in a combat zone. Later, catch more exhilarating features from Fight Quest, Man...
From the same reporter, Jeff Ferrell with KSLA-TV, who brought you 'Clergy Response Team To Quell Public Dissent". This time, Jeff reports on long-term consequences of turf battle in aftermath of...
On August 31, 1939, despite threats of British and French intervention, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler signed an order to attack Poland, and German forces moved to the frontier. That evening, Nazi SS...
