June 10, 2025 - President Lyndon Johnson federalized the Alabama National Guard to prevent violence against the marchers. Until this past weekend, it had been 60 years since a U.S. president federalized a state's National Guard force without the cooperation of its governor. President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked ...

June 10, 2025 - Before Saturday, the last time a president sent Guard troops in to deal with civil unrest without cooperation from the state’s governor was 1965.

June 10, 2025 - The last time was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the National Guard to protect Civil Rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.

August 1, 2025 - In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

June 9, 2025 - In March 1965, then US President Lyndon B Johnson deployed the National Guard on the eve of the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

LBJ sends federal troops to Alabama - Mar 20, 1965 - HISTORY.com: Here's the lead story on March 20th. On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson notifies Alabama’s Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to call up the Alabama National Guard in order to supervise ...

June 10, 2025 - On an unseasonably chilly but sunny day, March 20, 1965, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson stood on the porch of his Texas ranch and read a telegram he had just sent to Alabama Gov. George Wallace. "I am calling into federal service selected units of the Alabama National Guard…

June 9, 2025 - President Lyndon Johnson federalized the Alabama National Guard to prevent violence against the marchers. Until this past weekend, it had been 60 years since a U.S. president federalized a state's National Guard force without the cooperation of its governor. President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked ...

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Via History.com On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson notifies Alabama’s Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to call up the Alabama National Guard in order to supervise a planned civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery.

The U.S. National Guard has been deployed without a request from a state governor, though this is a rare occurrence. In 1965 Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson deployed the National Guard to Alabama, where there were civil rights demonstrations. In 2025 Pres. Donald Trump ordered the National Guard to ...

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On March 20, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson notifies Alabama’s Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to call up the Alabama National Guard in order to supervise a planned civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery.

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Is that the sum total of time to ... up the Guard and authorizing the use of troops or will it go beyond that? THE PRESIDENT. We anticipate the march will have been concluded by that period and we cannot tell at this time any reason why it should go beyond that.

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