State troops guard school In Little Rock, Arkansas, this resistance came to a climax. Demands for the integration of their Central High School had gone on for three years. It was to start on 3 September 1957 with the admission of nine Negro students The night before, the Governor of Arkansas, Onile Faubus, announced that the Arkansas National Guard would maintain order and prevent the Negro students from attending school. The battle lines were set. The next morning a large crowd had gathered at the school. One hundred State Troopers, armed with rifles and bayonets, stood at the entrance. The nine Negro students arrived at 9 am but were stopped from entering the school by the armed soldiers. The Arkansas National Guard remained at Little Rock Central High School for three weeks, preventing the Negro students from entering, until the NAACP helped get a court order to stop them Once again the Negro students tried to attend classes. A crowd of about 1000 had gathered. The Negro studentsentered the school grounds and the crowd angrily pushed their way through the police barriers and rioting broke out President calls in Federal troops It was obvious that violence would continue at Little Rock. President Eisenhower sent 1000 US Army paratroopers to the Their orders scene. were to protect the Negro students while they attended classes. Eisenhower's decision was unique. He had sent Federal troops into a state to enforce the Supreme Court ruling on desegregation