Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Rest in piss, Strom.
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It was the longest single-person Senate speech until 2025, when the record was broken by Cory Booker with Booker speaking for twenty-five hours and four minutes.
Wiki editors on the ball already.
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Boy I hope none of his very close friends become influential figures in US politics
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record for a filibuster to stop a law to help black people
Record was broken by a black man
Lol 😆
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main gym at usc still named after him, looked pretty diverse last time i went, bet he would hate it
He loved black women. He just didn't like being responsible.
No, he didn't, and his black mistresses were chosen for being full of self hate themselves.