In 1957, Thurmond tried to derail the civil rights bill by conducting the longest filibuster ever made by a single senator. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes. In the end, the bill still passed the House and the Senate. President Eisenhower signed it into law on September 9, 1957.
Senator Strom Thurmond tried to prevent the passage of the civil rights act of 1957 by filibuster.
In 1957, Thurmond tried to derail the civil rights bill by conducting the longest filibuster ever made by a single senator. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes. In the end, the bill still passed the House and the Senate. President Eisenhower signed it into law on September 9, 1957.
Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
In 1957, Thurmond tried to derail the civil rights bill by conducting the longest filibuster ever made by a single senator. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes. In the end, the bill still passed the House and the Senate. President Eisenhower signed it into law on September 9, 1957.
Strom Thurmond was born on December 5, 1902. Thurmond is the longest serving Senator in the history of the U.S. Senate. He was a member of the Democratic Party but switched to the Republican Party to protest the Civil Rights Act.
Senator Strom Thurmond holds the record for the longest filibuster in US history. Thurmond filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
During the debate over the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Strom Thurmond, a Senator from South Carolina, conducted a filibuster to oppose the legislation. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes, making it one of the longest filibusters in U.S. Senate history. Thurmond aimed to delay the passage of the bill, which sought to end segregation and discrimination based on race, but ultimately, the act was passed despite his efforts.
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Dixiecrats were angry he supported civil rights. Storm Thurmond took the support of southern Democrats.
In the American Senate: Senator James Strom Thurmond (D/R-SC) set a record in 1957 by filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes, although the bill ultimately passed. Thurmond broke the previous record of 22 hours and 26 minutes which Wayne Morse (I-OR) had established in 1953 protesting the Tidelands Oil legislation.
He extended Civil Rights to women. That is Civil rights could not be abridged based on gender.
A "filibuster" is a procedure by which a senator can speak on a subject as long as he likes. As long as they do not break for water/bathroom/etc or in anyway yield control of the floor, a senator may speak as long as they like. Strom Thurmond famously filibustered the Civil Rights Act for over 24 hours. In modern times, the Senate doesn't actually require a senator to take the floor and speak to filibuster. All he must do is tell the party's floor leader, I believe.