Central High anniversary

The New York Times reports, from 1957:

Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 4 -- The state militia barred nine Negro students from the white high school here today.
Fully armed, the troops kept the Negroes from the school grounds while an angry crowd of 400 white men and women jeered, booed and shouted, "go home, niggers." Several hundred militiamen, with guns slung over their shoulders, carrying gas masks and billy clubs, surrounded the school.
The nine Negro students said that they would again attempt to enter the all-white Central High School tomorrow morning.
The troops acted under direct orders of Gov. Orval E. Faubus. In a news conference in his office, Governor Faubus said he would not permit Negroes to enter white schools in this city, despite the order from the Federal District Court. He insisted that he was not flouting the court's orders, but acting to preserve peace and to prevent bloodshed.