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Harriman Attacks Faubus as Quisling at NYC ceremony
New York Governor Averell Harriman denounced Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus as a Quisling at a reception honoring nine African American students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. He condemned the National Guards actions as un American while the students received a race relations award and funds for education. Ernest Green spoke for the group, thanking New York supporters as the nine, accompanied by Mrs. Daisy Bates, arrived for a visit hosted by Mayor Wagner and joined by Minnijean Brown.
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Averell Harriman
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Quisling
Harriman
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G. Hotel and Club Employes Union
Faubus
Lite de Rock
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Ernest ‘Green
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Central High School
Little Rock
Daisy Bates
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Minnijean Brown
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Lincoln School
Robert F. Wagner
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