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    Senator Strom Thurmond filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for over 24 hours from August 28-29, 1957 in an attempt to prevent its passage. He read from various legal documents and speeches to run out the clock. While the bill had already been weakened, Thurmond felt more intervention was needed as he saw the bill as cruel. His filibuster went against agreements among Senate Democrats and received backlash. However, it was popular in the South. Ultimately, it did not change any votes and the bill was signed into law less than two weeks later.

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    Senator Strom Thurmond filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for over 24 hours from August 28-29, 1957 in an attempt to prevent its passage. He read from various legal documents and speeches to run out the clock. While the bill had already been weakened, Thurmond felt more intervention was needed as he saw the bill as cruel. His filibuster went against agreements among Senate Democrats and received backlash. However, it was popular in the South. Ultimately, it did not change any votes and the bill was signed into law less than two weeks later.

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    Senator Strom Thurmond filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for over 24 hours from August 28-29, 1957 in an attempt to prevent its passage. He read from various legal documents and speeches to run out the clock. While the bill had already been weakened, Thurmond felt more intervention was needed as he saw the bill as cruel. His filibuster went against agreements among Senate Democrats and received backlash. However, it was popular in the South. Ultimately, it did not change any votes and the bill was signed into law less than two weeks later.

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    Senator Strom Thurmond filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for over 24 hours from August 28-29, 1957 in an attempt to prevent its passage. He read from various legal documents and speeches to run out the clock. While the bill had already been weakened, Thurmond felt more intervention was needed as he saw the bill as cruel. His filibuster went against agreements among Senate Democrats and received backlash. However, it was popular in the South. Ultimately, it did not change any votes and the bill was signed into law less than two weeks later.

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    lasting 24 hours and 18 minutes changed into performed on August 28–29, 1957, by means of Democratic
    U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond (pictured), meant to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. He
    read the election legal guidelines of each U.S. State, Supreme Court decisions, and George Washington's
    Farewell Address. The bill's strength to defend the vote casting rights of African Americans had already been
    notably watered down by way of Senate Democrats, but Thurmond noticed the invoice as "cruel and unusual
    punishment" and felt extra intervention was needed. In filibustering the bill, Thurmond went towards a prior
    settlement among Senate Democrats and consequently received backlash from some contributors of his own
    celebration in addition to the disapproval of Republicans. Despite this, the filibuster became wildly famous
    amongst residents of the South. The filibuster in the end didn't exchange any votes within the Senate and the
    bill become signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower much less than two weeks later.

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