Strom Thurmond bragged for years about dehydrating his body to prepare for his speech opposing the Civil Rights Act. He didn’t talk about his Black daughter, though.

Before Harry Truman, the U.S. had had six Presidents ... hit the Democratic National Committee; Georgian George B. Hamilton, its finance director, resigned. Only one Southern stalwart came forward ...

Sydney Kamlager-Dove walked out of President Donald Trump’s joint address ... “and we are working hard to get it back down.” Several other Democratic lawmakers also walked out of the House ...