Talk:Force Bill

The Force Bill and Integration of Public Schools

This page says The Force bill was later used by President Eisenhower when schools in Little Rock, Arkansas refused to integrate their schools. The 101st Airborne Division was sent in to Little Rock to protect the African-Americans who were going to white schools at that time.. Is it possible that some mistake was made and that was actually the Force Act of either 1870 or 1871?

Looking at this page, it seems to me that Section 5 would be the only part of the Force Bill of 1833 that could have applied to Little Rock. However, Section 8 says that Section 5 would have been expired by then. The Force Acts of 1870-71, though, dealt directly with racial issues.

I don't know for certain that there is a mistake here, I am just wondering. If it is not a mistake, perhaps a citation would be in order. Bayle Shanks 07:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

--- —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarkGT (talk • contribs) 22:57, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I agree, and think that a citation is in order; otherwise this is an unverifiable claim. I went over the text of the Force Bill, and the sunset clause would have caused Section 5 to expire.

I went to the the Little Rock Nine page, and could find no justification. All that was said was "On September 24, the President ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army to Little Rock and federalized the entire 10,000 member Arkansas National Guard, taking it out of the hands of Governor Faubus.", without a footnote or verification in that article.

The "Laws covering the National Guard and the National Guard of the United States", that I got to by clicking on "federalized" from the above, is helpful, but the Force Bill is not included among the laws listed.

I will try to verify; in the meantime I am going to mark the claim unverifiable. MarkGT (talk) 22:55, 1 March 2010 (UTC)