During the Segregation times in the US, there was a school that refused to allow African American schoolgirls to enter the school. The governor of that state sent national guard troops there, and Eisenhower sent Federal troops to protect the girls. Why did the national guard troops listen to the Federal troops?

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Gov. Orval Faubus ordered out the National Guard to Little Rock Central High School in 1957 to prevent three male and six female black students from entering. When U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Davies issued an injunction ordering Faubus to withdraw his troops, he really had no choice unless he was willing to be arrested for contempt of court. To add insult to injury, from the segregationists' perspective, within a few days Eisenhower "federalized" the Arkansas National Guard, thus putting them directly under his command rather than the Governor's. Thus, the Ark. National Guard did not "listen" to the federal troops, but BECAME federal troops. The presence of the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army undoubtedly added clout to the President's orders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard#Constitutional_basis_for_the_National_Guard Apr 30 08, 11:04 PM