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  2. Strom Thurmond - Wikipedia

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    James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 47 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951.

  3. US Senate career of Strom Thurmond - Wikipedia

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    Many Democrats strongly opposed these laws, including Senator Robert Byrd, who filibustered the Civil Rights Act for 14 hours and 13 minutes on June 9 and 10, 1964. During the signing ceremony for the Civil Rights Act, President Johnson nominated LeRoy Collins as the first Director of the Community Relations Service. [ 44 ]

  4. Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957

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    The filibuster—an extended speech designed to stall legislation—began at 8:54 p.m. [a] 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 2025.

  5. Fannie Lou Hamer's 1964 DNC Speech Paved the Way for Harris - AOL

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    Fannie Lou Hamer’s path to the 1964 Democratic National Convention began in rural poverty. Born on Oct. 6, 1917, Hamer was the granddaughter of enslaved Black people and worked as a sharecropper ...

  6. 88th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    November 22, 1963: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became President of the United States on the death of President John F. Kennedy.; March 30 – June 10, 1964: The longest filibuster in the history of the Senate was waged against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with 57 days of debate over a 73-day period.

  7. Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy, 60 years after challenging ... - AOL

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    On Thursday, exactly 60 years after Hamer's speech challenged the Democratic Party, Harris will address the DNC as the first Black woman and Asian American to be nominated for president.

  8. Senate filibuster's racist past fuels arguments for its end - AOL

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    Among the most vivid examples, they point to landmark filibusters including Strom Thurmond's 24-hour speech against a 1957 Civil Rights bill, as ways it has been used to stall changes. filibuster ...

  9. 1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia

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    From March 10 to June 2, 1964, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1964 United States presidential election.Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1964 Democratic National Convention held from August 24 to August 27, 1964, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.