Strom Thurmond once filibustered in the Senate
Strom Thurmond once filibustered in the Senate for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
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Reader comments
jojoOct 28, 2003 at 1:27AM
And all to try to deny civil rights and keep segregation legal. Truly something to admire.
"With a slow-motion but sweeping gesture of the arm, he denounced 'those nine men' on the Supreme Court for their decision outlawing school segregation,"
BobbyOct 31, 2003 at 2:23AM
Hey come on now, he's changed his ways.
BrianOct 31, 2003 at 12:46PM
Only because he's dead.
SouseMouseNov 13, 2003 at 6:12PM
What a hero... I can't believe anyone can look up to someone like that
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