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![Coronavirus Could Cause National Guard To Call Up Tens of Thousands Of Members : Coronavirus Updates : NPR Coronavirus Could Cause National Guard To Call Up Tens of Thousands Of Members : Coronavirus Updates : NPR](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/03/19/ap_20079664067039-b65776c1ed97a9d7e19c1485b881de64e31ea490.jpg)
Coronavirus Could Cause National Guard To Call Up Tens of Thousands Of Members : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
![Federalized National Guard troops on the campus of the University of Alabama, June 11, 1963 when African Americans Vivian Malone and James Hood registered for classes] - digital file from original | Library of Congress Federalized National Guard troops on the campus of the University of Alabama, June 11, 1963 when African Americans Vivian Malone and James Hood registered for classes] - digital file from original | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ds/01100/01108v.jpg)
Federalized National Guard troops on the campus of the University of Alabama, June 11, 1963 when African Americans Vivian Malone and James Hood registered for classes] - digital file from original | Library of Congress
![Optics matter.' National Guard deployments amid unrest have a long and controversial history | PBS NewsHour Optics matter.' National Guard deployments amid unrest have a long and controversial history | PBS NewsHour](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2020/06/2020-06-03T000000Z_724756649_RC2X1H9HRR40_RTRMADP_3_MINNEAPOLIS-POLICE-PROTESTS-BOSTON-768x504.jpg)