What was the purpose of Strom Thurmond's record setting filibuster on the Senate floor in 1957? *

Thurmond wanted to prevent the passage of new tax laws.
Thurmond wanted to prevent the passage of new gun control laws.
Thurmond wanted to prevent the passage of new maritime laws.
Thurmond wanted to prevent the passage of civil rights laws.

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Was the first african american to be appointed to the u.s. supreme court.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. obierika was a man who thought about things. when the will of the goddess had been done, he sat down in his obi and mourned his friend’s calamity. why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently? (p. 125) based on the context clues, the best definition for the word “calamity” in the excerpt above is disaster sadness luck indifference