Standing in the gymnasium of Little Rock Central High school in Arkansas, a school official talks about operating under a "Pupil Assignment Law" under which school officials assign students so that there are some black among mostly white students and some white among mostly black students in Arkansas schools (during period of civil rights focus and the "Little Rock Nine" in the United States). Integrated students, including whites and some African Americans, play basketball in background.
Operation Arkansas at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. African American students arrive at Central High School. U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards stand around. Newspapermen interview an official. Chief of U.S. Military District Major General Edwin G. Walker talks to 101st Airborne Division, 1st Airborne Battle Group Commanding-Officer Colonel William A Kuhn. Major General Walker get into jeep and leaves.
Operation Arkansas at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards arrive at Central High School. Soldier mounts bayonet on rifle. The guards march off. A few guards with rifle at port arms, double time up the street.
Operation Arkansas by U.S. army in Little Rock, Arkansas. U.S. 101st Airborne Division soldiers at barricade at entrance to Central High School. White students enter the school. African Americans arrive in U.S. army station wagon escorted by troops in jeeps. Soldiers escort African American students toward school. Front of school.
Operation Arkansas by U.S. army in Little Rock, Arkansas. Front of the Central High School to the entrance flanked by two U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards. Guards walk up and down steps of the school.
Operation Arkansas by U.S. Airborne Division in Little Rock, Arkansas. U.S. 101st Airborne Division soldiers double-time along street. Soldiers run toward Central High School. A soldier puts bayonet on rifle. A soldiers on guard. Soldiers march in front of building.
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