EDGEFIELD, SC (WJBF)- Over to the diamond, it’s the battle of the Rebels as Strom Thurmond hosts Mid-Carolina in a 2A South Carolina High School League elimination game. The Rebels fell 6-1 on ...

May 13—STROM THURMOND 4, ANDREW JACKSON 3 JOHNSTON — There were a lot of times it all could have gone wrong Tuesday for the Strom Thurmond baseball team. A lost ball in the sun.

Fitting that Senator Cory Booker broke segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond's reocord for the longest Senate floor speech on the anniversary of Jesse Owens' passing on March 31, 1980.

His Black daughter was nearly 32 when, at 8:54 p.m. on the night of Aug. 28, 1957, Thurmond stood up in the chambers of the United States Senate to filibuster for a record 24 hours and 18 minutes ...

Booker’s speech surpassed the previous record for longest Senate floor speech, held by Strom Thurmond since 1957. The speech, which criticized actions of the Trump Administration policies, drew ...

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks to journalists at the Capitol on Tuesday. Booker obliterated a record long held by the late Strom Thurmond, speaking out for more than 25 hours in protest against ...

As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks to journalists at the Capitol on Tuesday. Booker obliterated a record long held by the late Strom Thurmond, speaking out for more than 25 hours in protest against ...