Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
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On August 28, 1957, Strom Thurmond, then a Democratic United States senator from South Carolina, began a filibuster intended to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The filibuster—an extended speech designed to stall legislation—began at 8:54 p.m. and lasted until 9:12 p.m. the following day, a duration of 24 hours and 18 minutes. This made the filibuster the longest single-person filibuster in United States Senate history, a record that still stands as of 2024. The filibuster fo
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Longest United States Senate filibuster
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond_filibuster_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957
date created:
2020-08-29T23:44:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T12:58:52Z
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