In an attempt to block the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the former Republican senator from South Carolina Strom Thurmond spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes on the Senate floor. This set the record for the Senate's longest

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Strom Thurmond's 24-hour and 18-minute speech was a filibuster, which is a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.

In an Attempt to Block the Civil Rights Act of 1957