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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Strom-ThurmondStrom Thurmond | Biography, 1948, Presidential Campaign, & Facts

    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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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Southern_strategySouthern strategy - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · The States' Rights Democratic Party met in Birmingham, Alabama, and nominated Strom Thurmond and Fielding L. Wright as its presidential ticket. The party supported racial segregation, poll taxes, and opposed anti-lynching legislation.

  4. mikepesca.substack.com › p › the-real-estate-tycoon-who-couldntThe Real Estate Tycoon Who Couldn't Rent a House

    Jun 22, 2024 · The Real Estate Tycoon Who Couldn't Rent a House. 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. Mike Pesca. Jun 22, 2024. Share. Strom Thurmond, was a U.S. Senator from South Carolina from 1954 to 2003.

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  6. thetandd.com › news › strom-thurmond-longest-serving-senatorStrom Thurmond, longest-serving senator in history, dies at 100

    Jun 18, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a one-time Democratic segregationist who helped fuel the rise of the modern conservative Republican Party in the South, died Thursday. He...

  7. constitutioncenter.org › blog › on-this-day-congress-passesOn this day, filibuster fails to block the Civil Rights Act

    Jun 19, 2024 · Committed to the filibuster effort were the powerful Senators Richard Russell, Strom Thurmond, Robert Byrd, William Fulbright, and Sam Ervin. Russell started the filibuster in late March 1964, and it would last for 60 working days in the Senate.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 1948_United_States_presidential_election1948 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · In some southern states, Strom Thurmond had managed to obtain the Democratic Party line, but in the majority he had to run under the label of the States' Rights Democratic Party.

  9. teachingamericanhistory.org › document › the-civil-rights-act-1964Debates over the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Teaching American...

    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?