Was on hand as history unfolded
Posted: September 20, 2012 at 4:45 a.m.
In September 1957, Fred Caesar Storm stood with his fellow National Guard troops outside Little Rock Central High School, obeying orders to block nine black students from entering the school, despite his own belief in integration. Soon after, Storm was ordered to protect the black students as they entered the school, his daughter said.
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