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Jun 22, 2024 · Strom Thurmond was an American politician who was a prominent states’ rights and segregation advocate. He ran for the presidency in 1948 on the Dixiecrat ticket and was one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history (1954–2003). Learn more about Thurmond’s life and career in this article.
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Jun 22, 2024 · Yusuf Dahl was released from prison as a 23year old, but decades later still is the subject to legal discrimination thanks to long-dead segregationist Strom Thurmond.
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2 days ago · “My predecessor, Sen. Strom Thurmond, was a very vigorous man, but he was 100. He was the Speaker pro tem of the Senate,” Graham said. “This is a wake-up call for the country. We need to make sure that the people who are going to be in the line of succession are capable of being commander in chief under dire circumstances.”
Jun 28, 2024 · How does President Kennedy explain the need for the Civil Rights Act? What arguments do Senators Hubert Humphrey and Strom Thurmond make for and against the act? Are they making the same kinds of arguments?
1 day ago · Graham cited his own direct predecessor in the U.S. Senate, Strom Thurmond, who was president of the Senate as he approached his 100th birthday, as a reason for “a neurological exam” further ...
3 days ago · At the meeting, South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond criticized President Truman for his civil rights agenda, and the governors discussed ways to oppose it.
Jun 27, 2024 · 1960 Electoral College Results. Byrd received electoral votes for President from Alabama (6), Mississippi (8) and Oklahoma (1). Thurmond received electoral votes for Vice President from Alabama (6) and Mississippi (8). Goldwater received 1 electoral vote for Vice President from Oklahoma.
