It was an attempt to block the Civil Rights Act of 1957. In the end, the act did get through but got heavily watered down in the Congress. The Act was supposed to get Black people registered to vote,...
Strom Thurmond was born on December 5, 1902 and died on June 26, 2003. Strom Thurmond would have been 100 years old at the time of death or 109 years old today.