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What was Strom Thurmond's position on civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s?

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Strom Thurmond was a staunch opponent of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s. He voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and conducted a record-breaking filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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