In doing so, Booker of New Jersey broke the record for longest Senate floor speech, a mark that had belonged for decades to Strom Thurmond, the avowed segregationist from South Carolina who ...

The record that Booker broke belonged to the late Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a devout segregationist who spoke for 24 hours, 18 minutes in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Booker, D-N.J., surpassed the previous record of 24 hours, 18 minutes set in 1957 by Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., with a speech that clocked in at 25 hours, 4 minutes. When he broke the record at ...

If nothing else informs you of the rot at the core of former U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond’s moral character and the shamelessness of his hypocrisy, it’s how the white segregationist from South ...

Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has claimed a peculiar distinction: surpassing South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond’s notorious 24-hour civil rights filibuster to deliver the longest speech in Senate history.

He received his bachelor's and Master’s degrees from Stanford and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at The Queen’s College, Oxford, earning a degree in United States history in 1994. He got ...

Booker’s speech surpassed the previous record for longest Senate floor speech, held by Strom Thurmond since 1957. The speech, which criticized actions of the Trump Administration policies ...

Strom Thurmond's 24-hour, 18 minute filibuster opposing ... recipient and earned a degree in United States history from The Queen's College in Oxford, England, and received a juris doctor degree ...

Loud applause filled the chamber as Booker surpassed the record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer marked the moment by interrupting Booker with a question ...

Loud applause filled the chamber as Booker surpassed the record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer marked the moment by interrupting Booker with a question: "Do ...