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22. Feb. 2024 · I didn’t know how to respond. The elevator doors opened, and I moved to leave. “Have a nice day, Mr. Secretary,” he grinned broadly. “You, too, Senator,” I said as I exited. Subscribe. rved with Strom Thurmond,” Biden said, referring to the South Carolina Republican senator and segregationist who died at the age of 100 in 2003.
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. [a] and lasted until 9:12 p.m. the following day, a duration of 24 hours and ...
The late senator Strom Thurmond is viewed today mostly as a relic from another time. A Southern politician who was shaped by the Great Depression, World War II, and Jim Crow, Thurmond infamously fought tooth and nail to preserve segregation in his home state of South Carolina. If a distinction is made between the old right and the new right ...
27. Juni 2003 · Sein Lebensziel war, 100 Jahre alt zu werden. Das hat Strom Thurmonds geschafft. Unter anderem mit seinem Erfolgsrezept "Du musst deine Feinde überleben und immerzu lächeln". Jetzt ist der ...
1. Juli 2003 · Thurmond was 68 when their first child, Nancy, was born. The couple had three other children before separating in 1991: Strom Jr., Juliana and Paul. Nancy died in 1993 after being struck by a car.
28. Aug. 2017 · August 1957 Strom Thurmond spricht 24 Stunden lang Ein Filibuster ist typisch amerikanisch: Einfach so lange reden, bis der politische Gegner mürbe ist. Natürlich braucht es dafür eine gute ...
Strom Thurmond of South Carolina was a central figure in the political transformation of the South and one of the longest-serving senators in American history. He died in 2003; he was 100 years ...
