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Cory Booker's Appeal

Cory Booker's Appeal

Was Cory Booker's 25-hour speech a filibuster, a protest or a 25-hour performative stunt? Yes.

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On March 12, 1867, Massachusetts’ first Black state representative (and only the second African-American legislator in American history) gave one of the most insignificant speeches in American history.

Edwin Garrison Walker wanted to reject the 14th Amendment.

Walker supported Section 1, which guaranteed citizenship and …

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