Orval Eugene Faubus
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He was made famous for his 1957 stand against the integration of Little Rock schools in defiance of Supreme Court rulings. | He was made famous for his 1957 stand against the integration of Little Rock schools in defiance of Supreme Court rulings. | ||
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| + | He and his wife Alta had only one child, named Ferrell, who was later to die in Seattle in 1976 from a drug overdose. | ||
About 1969, he divorced his first wife Alta, to whom he had been married for 38 years. | About 1969, he divorced his first wife Alta, to whom he had been married for 38 years. | ||
