Executive Order 10730, September 24, 1957
President Dwight Eisenhower issued this executive order to enforce his Presidential Proclamation 3204, from the previous day. Intended to restore peace and order during the integration of Little Rock’s Central High School, Eisenhower’s order placed the Arkansas National Guard under Federal control and sent 1,000 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division to assist them.
Presidential Proclamation 3204, Obstruction of Justice in the State of Arkansas.
President Eisenhower issued this Proclamation on September 23, 1957 in the face of riots and demonstrations during the Little Rock School Integration Crisis. He would enforce it the following day with Executive Order 10730, which dispatched Federal troops to restore order.
