Cory Booker wrote himself into the Senate annals ... held the floor for more than 24 hours and surpassed the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 filibuster against civil rights.

Cory Booker of New Jersey held the Senate floor ... segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. Thurmond delivered a filibuster of 24 hours, 18 minutes in an ultimately, and thankfully ...

Strom Thurmond’s moral character and the shamelessness ... on the U.S. Senate floor stood until this past week, when Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, broke it while speaking out against President ...

Senator Strom Thurmond set a record for the longest speech ever delivered in the U.S. Senate, speaking for over 24 hours to ...

Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has claimed a peculiar distinction: surpassing South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond’s notorious 24-hour civil rights filibuster to deliver the longest speech in Senate history.

First off, it was not a filibuster. But Booker's historic 25-hour speech broke the Senate record, and was a startling ...

10.Cory Booker read Lift Every Voice and Sing ... of New York told Senator Booker that he had officially broken Strom Thurmond's record. Here's the exchange: 15.And lastly, Senator Booker's ...

Cory Booker’s record-breaking, 25-hour Senate floor speech, which began on March 31, 2025, and ended on April 1, momentarily snatched the national spotlight from President Donald Trump. The ...

Cory Booker stood and spoke for 25 hours and 5 ... The 55-year-old New Jersey senator surpassed the late Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond, who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957.Booker ...

Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, on May 29 for a live speaking event ... He broke a record set 68 years ago by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist and southern Democrat, to filibuster ...