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title: "What was the significance of the use of Federal marshals to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?"  
description: "What was the significance of the use of Federal marshals to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?"  
author: "Ward ryan"  
published: 2018-05-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43413/what-was-the-significance-of-the-use-of-federal-marshals-to-protect-african-american-students-in-little-rock-arkansas-in-1957  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the significance of the use of Federal marshals to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?

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