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'Orval Faubus'

Mike Huckabee's zenith and nadir: 1997 speech and 2015 demagoguery

Once, Mike Huckabee upheld the U.S. Supreme Court as the law of the land, saying human rights trumped even religious objections. But that was in 1997, before Kim Davis came along. Ernest Dumas explains.
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Huckabee revives Faubus' idea of nullification UPDATE

Mike Huckabee's theory that the state could nullify a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage leads to a discussion of state-by-state differences on a range of issues and, in theory, a dissolution of the Union.
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Bill Carter talks Kennedy and Arkansas

The latest in our video series collaboration with Greg Spradlin and Camp Friday Films is an interview with Bill Carter, the Rector native who's semi-famous for being witness to a hell of a lot of history. Carter talks about his involvement in organizing John F. Kennedy's visit to Heber Springs 50 years ago today.

Must read: Roy Reed's obituary on Orval Faubus' sister

It's plugged at the top of the page, but don't fail to read Roy Reed's obituary for Orval Faubus' sister, Bonnie Lou Salcido, and the story it tells about Faubus family opposition to his stance that created the constitutional crisis in Little Rock.
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Remembering why the Buffalo flows

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the legislation making Arkansas's Buffalo River the first national river in the U.S. and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Ozark Society, the group most responsible for saving the river from damming by the Army Corps of Engineers and for its eventual protection.

Mike Wallace interviews Orval Faubus

CBS correspondent Mike Wallace died Saturday at 93, leaving a career with more reportorial milestones than you could easily count.
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The election that changed Arkansas politics

Winthrop Rockefeller's historic 1966 victory.

Correcting the Democrat-Gazette on '57 — again

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette persists in attempting to reshape history to be more favorable to Orval E. Faubus, in whose cause the father of the paper's executive editor, Griffin Smith jr., labored during the school crisis.
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Forget 1957; talk about today

A task force of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce pitched a proposal last week to repeal a 1957 Little Rock City Board resolution that cheered Gov. Orval Faubus for fighting to preserve segregation at Central High School.

Jim McDougal ain't worried

At 55, Whitewater's inventor has seen a lot pass under the bridge.
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Obituaries miss the real Faubus

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