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Faubus was re-elected in 1958 with 82.5% of the vote over a Republican challenger. Faubus ordered the closure of four public high schools that year, preventing both black and white students from attending school while seeking a two and a half year delay on de-segregation until January 1961 in Federal Court when there would be a possibility of a Democratic president.
Faubus was re-elected in 1958 with 82.5% of the vote over a Republican challenger. Faubus ordered the closure of four public high schools that year, preventing both black and white students from attending school while seeking a two and a half year delay on de-segregation until January 1961 in Federal Court when there would be a possibility of a Democratic president.
====1957 Civil Rights Act===
====1957 Civil Rights Act====
Democrat Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson tried to kill the bill by having Judiciary chairman Sen. [[James Eastland]] of [[Mississippi]] drastically change it.<ref>Caro, Robert, ''Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson'', Chapter 39</ref>
Democrat Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson tried to kill the bill by having Judiciary chairman Sen. James Eastland of [[Mississippi]] drastically change it.<ref>Caro, Robert, ''Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson'', Chapter 39</ref>
The bill passed 285-126 in the House of Representatives]] with Republicans voting 167–19 and Democrats 118–107)<ref>HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. PASSED. YEA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S POSITION. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42</ref> It then passed 72-18 in the Senate, with Republicans supplying the majority of votes, 43–0 and Democrats 29–18.<ref>HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. PASSED. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75</ref> President Eisenhower signed the bill on September 9, 1957.
The bill passed 285-126 in the House of Representatives]] with Republicans voting 167–19 and Democrats 118–107)<ref>HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. PASSED. YEA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S POSITION. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42</ref> It then passed 72-18 in the Senate, with Republicans supplying the majority of votes, 43–0 and Democrats 29–18.<ref>HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. PASSED. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75</ref> President Eisenhower signed the bill on September 9, 1957.