The last time was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the National Guard to protect Civil Rights marchers from ...

Before Saturday, the last time a president sent Guard troops in to deal with civil unrest without cooperation from a state’s ...

For the first time in 60 years, a U.S. president has deployed the National Guard without a governor's approval. That time, ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who ...

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President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas was lauded by four successor presidents as a Lincoln-esque groundbreaker for civil rights, but President Barack Obama also noted that Johnson also had long ...

Lyndon B. Johnson was vital in passing key pieces of civil rights legislation. Here we look at that legislation and everything he contributed to the movement. Camping World CEO defies lawsuits ...

Hours after the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the House of Representatives on July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson entered the East Room of the White House. Dressed in a black suit ...

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It has been 60 years since a president has deployed the National Guard without the cooperation of a governor. The last time ...