Episode 1942
Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Mon, 2022-Aug-29 00:58 UTC
Length - 2:39
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On August 28, 1957, Strom Thurmond, a 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. and lasted until 9:12 p.m. the following day, a duration of 24 hours and 18 minutes. This made the filibuster the longest single-person filibuster in United States Senate history, a record that still stands as of 2022. The filibuster focused primarily on asserting that the bill was both unnecessary and unconstitutional, and Thurmond read from several historical and legal documents. Thurmond had served in the Senate for only three years before the speech, but was politically well-known even before his election to the Senate. As a show of physical endurance, the filibuster also served to reinforce Southern ideas about white masculine strength and power.
The bill in question worked to make voting more accessible to African Americans. Thurmond focused on a particular provision in the bill that dealt with certain court cases, but was against the entirety of the bill. Although the filibuster was supported by many South Carolinians and citizens of other Southern states, Thurmond's decision to filibuster the bill went against a previous agreement among Southern senators. As a result, Thurmond received mixed praise and criticism for his speech. The filibuster has been described more recently as racist. Despite the filibuster, the bill passed the Senate two hours after Thurmond's conclusion and was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower within two weeks.
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