The claim: The National Guard is almost exclusively called against Black citizens

[rangerrebew]

Fact check: National Guard was activated most often during the civil rights era
Chelsey Cox
USA TODAY
The claim: The National Guard is almost exclusively called against Black citizens

The claim began with this May 29 tweet by then-user @GarbageGangHQ, who now uses the name @amaiahorian: The National Guard are almost exclusively activated during civil unrest involving Black people.

"The National Guard has marched against US citizens a total of 12 times. (Eight) of them were in response to segregation protests, 2 were riots over police violence, and 1 to stop riots in the aftermath of MLK's assassination. They're almost exclusively called against Black citizens," read the tweet.

The user amaiahorian said the tweet was muted because of its popularity.

USA TODAY could not reach the poster for comment.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/14/fact-check-national-guard-activated-16-times-us/5319853002/

[sneakypete]

Chelsea,baby!

Tell me,who does all the rioting in America?

BTW,this is NOT a trick question.

[PeteS in CA]

From the OP article:

The National Guard has been activated at least 16 times at the federal level, according Dr. Richard Clark, historian for the National Guard Bureau.

Included in Clark's timeline are:

* Whiskey Rebellion in 1792
* Civil War from 1861-65
* Against the Ku Klux Klan from 1866-1977
* Great Railroad Strike in 1877
* Desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1957-58
* Desegregation of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi in 1962
* Desegregation of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1963
* Integration of Alabama Public Schools in 1963
* March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965
* Detroit Riots in 1967
* 1968 King assassination riots in Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
* New York City Postal Strike in 1970
* 1980 Cuban Refugee Crisis
* Hurricane Hugo in 1989
* 1992 LA Riots
* George Floyd protests in multiple locations nationwide in 2020

The list was emailed to USA TODAY by Maj. Robert Perino of the National Guard Bureau of Public Affairs.

The items on the list that I put in red were instances in which the National Guard was NOT "called against Black citizens". Of course, facts that contradict a race-baiting narrative are racist.

[Smokin Joe]

From the OP article:

The items on the list that I put in red were instance in which the National Guard was NOT "called against Black citizens". Of course, facts that contradict a race-baiting narrative are racist.

The list leaves out the Bonus Marchers in 1932, but those were evicted by the Army.