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.

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.

March 20, 2025 - 20, 1965 - President Johnson moved swiftly today in the pre-dawn hours and called up nearly 4,000 troops to protect participants in the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march tomorrow. The President followed his mobilization of National Guard and regular forces with a statement strongly critical ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

June 9, 2025 - Why Lyndon Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery. ... Soldiers watch civil rights protesters walking during the ...

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March 20, 2014 - 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. Intimidation and discrimination had earlier prevented ...

June 11, 2025 - Historically, presidents have done so only in dire circumstances.

March 20, 2020 - On March 20, 1965, President Johnson ordered the Alabama National Guard to provide security at a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery the next day.

March 20, 2018 - 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. Intimidation and discrimination had earlier prevented…

The initial attempt by civil rights activists to march from Selma to Montgomery to demand voting rights was met with massive police brutality on March 7, 1965, the now-infamous “Bloody Sunday.” A court injunction temporarily held... #bloodysundayinselma #deadlyforcebypolice #selmatomon...