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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.
On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
President Eisenhower and Sen. Lyndon Johnson at a bipartisan luncheon at the White House on March 31, 1955. (Wikimedia Commons) Sign up to receive our latest updates!
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.
Far from putting the Eisenhower Administration in a bad light, Lyndon’s blunder in bringing up the case only highlighted some grave defects in his own security and personnel procedures.
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