most of the southern states resisted this and in one particular state  one that's sprung to prominence in recent times, the state of arkansas er and its capital little rock, the then state governor, who wasn't then bill clinton but a man called orville forbus defied the supreme court's order  and on a historic day in nineteen fifty four a little troupe of black children trooped up to the local high school and were met by armed, armed police and turned away.