Democrat Orval Faubus was the longest-serving governor in Arkansas history, winning six consecutive two-year terms, but he's best known for interfering with efforts to end segregation in Little Rock ...

Federal Judge Ronald Davies glanced at his case file, routinely called up the next item of business: “Civil Case No. 3113 On A Motion For Preliminary Injunction.” But Case 3113 was far from routine; ...

WE CALLED ALL of them “segs” back then, of course, Orval Faubus and all the rest of them, because in the South in the 1950s and ’60s things were a bit more black or white, a bit more urgent. It wasn’t ...

Born in Combs on Jan. 7, 1910, Orval E. Faubus' first entry into Democratic politics came when he was elected Madison County circuit clerk and recorder in 1938. He bought the Madison County Record ...

Speaking again today of history with a racial element: Ernest Dumas looks back to 1963. The nation was roiling from the civil rights movement and an Arkansas governor, Orval Faubus, was nurturing his ...

I recently visited the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site and couldn’t avoid seeing similarities to the current conflicts in Los Angeles. In 1957, federal law required that black ...

A 1960 Chevrolet Impala convertible that may have belonged to Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus sold Friday on eBay for $26,600. The buyer wants complete privacy, said Chris Morris of Fruita, Colo., who sold ...