Strom Thurmond bragged for years about dehydrating his body to prepare for his speech opposing the Civil Rights Act. He ...

Moments before he broke Thurmond’s record on the Senate floor, Booker acknowledged the segregationist’s legacy as someone who ...

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is holding the Senate floor in a marathon speech, beating Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1957 ...

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen.

His work helped push forward milestone legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In his final years, King turned his attention toward economic justice and ...

Nearly 70 years after Strom Thurmond filibustered against Black civil rights, Booker’s marathon speech called out threats to ...

Booker broke the Senate speech record held by Sen. Strom Thurmond who argued for a full day against the Civil Rights Act of ...

Sen. Cory Booker joins Ari Melber reflects on beating Sen. Strom Thurmond's record for longest speech on the Senate floor.

the avowed segregationist from South Carolina who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Booker said he'd been aware of Thurmond's record since first coming to the Senate in 2013 — a room ...

Senator Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Senator Strom ...

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen.

the avowed segregationist from South Carolina who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Booker said he’d been aware of Thurmond’s record since first coming to the Senate in 2013 — a ...