50 Years On: Learning Ike's True Role in Little Rock
"Today marks the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. To mark the occasion, National Review Online Editor Kathryn Jean Lopez asked Kasey S. Pipes, author of Ike’s Final Battle: The Road to Little Rock and the Challenge of Equality a few questions.
"Kathryn Jean Lopez: If you had your way, how would history teachers, parents, and journalists be remembering the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock this week?
"Kasey S. Pipes: Little Rock should be remembered as a seminal moment in the civil-rights struggle — perhaps the seminal moment. If integration had failed at Little Rock, it’s hard to imagine it succeeding anywhere. And it would be great if parents, teachers, and journalists would remember that the 101st Airborne soldiers did not arrive on their own orders. Dwight D. Eisenhower had something to do with that."
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