Sen. Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for what he was about to do on a sticky August night in 1957. The Civil Rights Act was about to pass and Thurmond, a Democrat from ...

Thurmond and the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis, who urged people to insist on justice by stirring up "good trouble." "There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond," Booker ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - History was made on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as New Jersey Senator Cory Booker broke the record for the longest speech in Senate history. This record was previously held ...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) opened up on surpassing South Carolina segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond's record for the longest Senate speech during an appearance on MSNBC Tuesday after speaking for ...

Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.

Strom Thurmond in 1957. Booker began speaking on the Senate floor at 7 p.m. Monday evening to protest President Donald Trump's policies. Axios reports that the previous record for the longest ...

Sen. Cory Booker joins Ari Melber reflects on beating Sen. Strom Thurmond's record for longest speech on the Senate floor. Thurmond's previous record was 24 hours and 18 minutes, speaking in ...