I never met Governor Faubus, but my wife did back when she was in school. She was a delegate to Girls State and got to meet and greet the leading Arkansas politicians of the day. Despite the bad press that Faubus has received over the years, she said she found the Governor to be a very open, personable, and witty.

My immediate and extended family were poor subsistence farmers up in the hills of northern Arkansas, who revered Faubus because of his own humble roots, and his consistent stand on issues benefiting the "little man". Unfortunately, he has been defined almost solely by the Little Rock Central High School showdown with Eisenhower.