CNN The Sixties July 7, 2014 04:47:00
>> governor wallace has ordered 500 alabama national guardsmen into tuscaloosa. at the moment they are under his control. it would require hardly more than the flourish of a pen to convert their status to federalized troops and place them at the disposal of president kennedy. >> national guard units are commanded by a governor unless they're federalized and the president becomes their commander in chief. kennedy had to make the decision of what to do next. >> president kennedy has done some significant things in civil rights. at the same time, i must say that president kennedy hadn't done enou...
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