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Senators Strom Thurmond (D/R-SC, left) and Richard Russell (D-GA, right)


Senators Strom Thurmond (D/R-SC) and Richard Russell (D-GA)
Senators Strom Thumond of South Carolina and Richard Russell of Georgia opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
credit: U.S. Senate Historical Office