george wallace, standing in the doorway of the university of alabama trying to prevent the university's first two black students from registering. but the governor's defiance was crushed by a president who knew how to use federal power. president kennedy nationalized the alabama national guard so that the governor had no control over them. the president had the students escorted by u.s. marshals, and the governor was legally flattened at the door by deputy united states attorney general nicholas katzenback. >> i would ask you once again to responsibly step aside, and if you don't i am going to ensure you that the orders of the court will be enforced. >> the country was riveted by the confrontation in alabama, i was just a little boy. but i strongly remember seeing the governor stand in the