A onetime vagrant, Faubus rose from the backwoods poverty of an Ozark Mountain hamlet named Greasy Creek to Arkansas' highest office.
On Sept. 2, 1957, he ordered the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Little Rock's Central High School despite a federal court order. After a court ruling orderedFaubus to stop interfering, the children entered the school under the protection of 1,200 paratroopers.
To the last, Faubus insisted he acted only to avoid the violence he said he was sure would come with desegregation.
The cause of death was not known, but Faubus had suffered from cancer.
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