Strom Thurmond of South Carolina ... His second wife, former beauty queen Nancy Moore, was 44 years younger than Thurmond when they were married in 1968. Thurmond was 68 when their first child ...

With his speech on Capitol Hill, Booker broke the record previously held by Sen. Strom Thurmond at 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957, The New York Times reported at the time. The late South Carolina ...

The news comes about two months after Booker’s 25-hour Senate floor speech, which broke then-Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (S.C.) oration opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957. In the book, Booker will ...

Novant Health and Boston Thurmond United, a local community organization, is throwing a "community baby shower" from 4 to 7 p.m. April 17 at the Bolton Home and Garden Building on the Winston ...

Booker's speech broke a record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist and southern Democrat who opposed the advance of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which eventually passed.

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