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EXECUTIVE ORDER 10730 (1957)

Executive Order 10730, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, ended segregation in Little Rock's Central High School.

WHEREAS on September 23, 1957, I issued Proclamation No. 3204 reading in part as follows: 

WHEREAS certain persons in the State of Arkansas, individually and in unlawful assemblages, combinations, and conspiracies, have willfully obstructed the enforcement of orders of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas with respect to matters relating to enrollment and attendance at public schools, particularly at Central High School, located in Little Rock School District, Little Rock, Arkansas; and

WHEREAS such willful obstruction of justice hinders the execution of the laws of that state and of the United States, and makes it impracticable to enforce such laws by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings; and

WHEREAS such obstructions of justice constitutes a denial of the equal protection of the laws secured by the Constitution of the United States and impedes the course of justice under those laws;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the United States, including Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the United States Code, particularly sections 332, 333 and 334 thereof, do command all [[text missing]] priate to carry out the purposes of this Order, any or all of the units of the National Guard of the United States within the State of Arkansas to serve in the active military service of the United States for an indefinite period and until relieved by appropriate orders. 
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persons engaged in such obstruction of justice to cease and desist therefrom, and to disperse forthwith, and

WHEREAS the command contained in that Proclamation has not been obeyed and wilful obstruction of enforcement of said orders still exists and threatens to continue:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the United States, including Chapter 15 of Title 10, particularly sections 332, 333 and 334 thereof, and section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

SECTION 1. I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of Defense to order into the active military service of the United States as he may deem appro-

[[image - black & white photograph of armed soldiers in front of the school in Little Rock, Ark.]]

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