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. By Jeremy W. Peters They signed landmark ...

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.

President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked that authority in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery. That incident is now in the spotlight ...

March 13, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, center, and Alabama Gov. George Wallace (second left) are surrounded by reporters in the White House after meeting to discuss events in Selma, Ala.