When black students tried to enter little rocks central high school in 1957
a. The governor called out the National Guard to block them
b. The governor called out a thousand paratroopers to protect them.
c. President Eisenhower refused to intervene in what he said was "purely a state concern."
d. Martin Luther King, Jr., organized a massive boycott of school buses to draw attention to continued segregation in the public schools.
Ans: a.The governor called out the National guard to block them
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