filibusters
filibusters
filibusters
filibusters
filibusters
filibusters
filibusters
Single senator can block legislation in the Senate via a filibuster - continuing the debate indefinitely. It requires a 3/5 majority to end a filibuster (60 votes in the current 100 senator US-Senate). When the bill came before the full Senate for debate on March 30, 1964, the "Southern Bloc" of 18 Democrat Senators invoked the filibuster to prevent a vote on it. After 54 days, a substitute bill was introduced. Eventually a cloture (vote to end debate) was passed and the substitute bill was passed by the Senate on June 19.
The nonviolence used by civil rights activists was a good tactic to highlight the violence experience by black in the south. The media would record the passive civil rights activist being harmed and the more the violence was out in the open the better for the movement. .
They used a filibuster to delay a vote on the law.
The obstructive tactic used by senators to block legislation by debating it at length is known as a filibuster. This parliamentary procedure allows a senator to extend debate on a bill, effectively delaying or preventing a vote on the legislation. By speaking for extended periods, senators can leverage the filibuster to bring attention to specific issues or to stall measures they oppose. Ultimately, it requires a supermajority to overcome a filibuster and proceed to a vote.
protesting peacefully and launching boycotts
organizing demonstrations to protest discrimination