This Army film footage shows the 101st Airborne guarding the Little Rock Nine as they enter Central High School. Once inside, however, the students were unprotected from the verbal and physical harassment of their classmates.
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“Operation Arkansas” (video) 1957
National Archives, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer