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The New York National Guard were ordered by Governor [[Nelson A. Rockefeller]] to respond to the [[1964 Rochester race riot|Rochester 1964 race riot]] in July of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/27/archives/1000-national-guardsmen-are-sent-into-rochester-to-help-halt-race.html//|title=1,000 National Guardsmen Are Sent Into Rochester To Help Halt Race Riots; Rockefeller Acts; 120 Seized in Day of Looting – Copter Crash Kills 3|date=July 27, 1964|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2024}}</ref> The [[California Army National Guard]] were mobilized by the Governor of California [[Pat Brown|Edmund Gerald Brown Sr.]] during the [[Watts Riots]], in August 1965, to provide security and help restore order.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-12-ca-975-story.html|title=National Guard Actions in '65 Watts Rioting|date=May 12, 1990|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref> | The New York National Guard were ordered by Governor [[Nelson A. Rockefeller]] to respond to the [[1964 Rochester race riot|Rochester 1964 race riot]] in July of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/27/archives/1000-national-guardsmen-are-sent-into-rochester-to-help-halt-race.html//|title=1,000 National Guardsmen Are Sent Into Rochester To Help Halt Race Riots; Rockefeller Acts; 120 Seized in Day of Looting – Copter Crash Kills 3|date=July 27, 1964|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2024}}</ref> The [[California Army National Guard]] were mobilized by the Governor of California [[Pat Brown|Edmund Gerald Brown Sr.]] during the [[Watts Riots]], in August 1965, to provide security and help restore order.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-12-ca-975-story.html|title=National Guard Actions in '65 Watts Rioting|date=May 12, 1990|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref> | ||
Elements of the [[Ohio Army National Guard]] were ordered to [[Kent State University]] by Ohio's governor [[Jim Rhodes]] to quell anti- | Elements of the [[Ohio Army National Guard]] were ordered to [[Kent State University]] by Ohio's governor [[Jim Rhodes]] to quell anti-Vietnam War protests, culminating in their [[Kent State shootings|shooting into a crowd of students]] on May 4, 1970, killing four and injuring nine. The massacre was followed by the [[Student strike of 1970]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240503-kent-state-university-1970-protests-that-shook-the-us|title=Kent State shootings: The 1970 student protest that shook the U.S.|last=Kelly|first=Dan|date=May 4, 2024|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref> | ||
During the Vietnam War, service in the National Guard was highly sought after, as an enlistment in the Guard generally prevented a person from being sent to combat; only a handful of Guard units were ever deployed to Vietnam. In 1968, the National Guard had only 1.26% black soldiers.<ref name="Gregory-Folly">{{cite book |last1=Gregory |first1=Hamilton |title=McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War |date=June 22, 2015 |publisher=Infinity Publishing <!--Not a reasonable location, nor misplaced page number in a 262 page book: |location=1679 --> |edition=Kindle }}</ref> | During the Vietnam War, service in the National Guard was highly sought after, as an enlistment in the Guard generally prevented a person from being sent to combat; only a handful of Guard units were ever deployed to Vietnam. In 1968, the National Guard had only 1.26% black soldiers.<ref name="Gregory-Folly">{{cite book |last1=Gregory |first1=Hamilton |title=McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War |date=June 22, 2015 |publisher=Infinity Publishing <!--Not a reasonable location, nor misplaced page number in a 262 page book: |location=1679 --> |edition=Kindle }}</ref> | ||