Strom Thurmond's Famous Fillibuster - Details needed?

[What_the]

Trying to help my daughter with a school project…apparently Sen. Thurmond holds the record for longest one man fillibuster. Back in the days when a fillibuster required holding the floor.

We can’t find a site with any details about what he spoke about or read etc.

Any help?

[ElvisL1ves]

It was against a civil rights bill in 1957. Here’s some info

The senator, armed with throat lozenges and malted milk tablets, recited the voting rights laws of every state to show adequate protection existed. He also recited the Declaration of Independence and launched into a history of Anglo-Saxon juries to counter the bill’s proposal to allow judges to punish cases of civil contempt without a jury trial.

[Jayrot]

With a slow-motion but sweeping gesture of the arm, he denounced ‘those nine men’ on the Supreme Court for their decision outlawing school segregation,"

Sounds like a lovely guy.

[Ravenman]

If you go to a Federal Repository Library, they should have the Congressional Record from that date. You could read or xerox the speech if you’re really interested.

[Frylock]

Malted milk tablets?

-FrL-

[Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup]

That’s right, dude.

Although these days, you might just have to make do with Whoppers.