calsfoundation@cals.org
October 13, 2011
In 1997, journalist Roy Reed published his insightful biography of Governor Orval Faubus, Faubus: The Life and Times of an American Prodigal. Reed concluded that Faubus, once a liberal on race, attempted to block desegregation of Little Rock Central High School because he was afraid that failure to do otherwise would end his political career. The book was a New York Times Notable Book for 1997.