Actually named "Big Al and Lizzy," the giant elephant statues at Papa Joe's Fireworks in Hardeeville are nicknamed "Thelma ...

Landmark: A larger-than-life bronze monument to longtime U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond. A nine-foot-tall bronze monument in the likeness of U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond stands at the State House in Columbia.

Fry ran against then prime minister Kim Campbell in 1993, and has continued to win her Vancouver Centre riding ever since You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you ...

Longtime SC politician Strom Thurmond was parodied on “SNL” in a skit aired Oct. 12, 1991 during an episode hosted by Kirstie Alley with musical guest Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

An uncomfortable conversation about the acuity of aging politicians, from Republicans Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and Thad Cochran of Mississippi to Democrats Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia ...

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He broke former Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 record for longest Senate filibuster, which was 24 hours and 18 minutes. Thurmond had filibustered to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act ...

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

Strom Thurmond. Booker was blasting Trump’s policies; Thurmond had been filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957. 22 - Tens of thousands of federal workers were fired. Tens of thousands more ...

That’s what happened during Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster of the Civil Rights Act – the longest speech on the Senate floor before Booker’s performance. When Thurmond needed a ...