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Jun 30, 2010 · Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died Monday at 92. While he was most famous as a master of the Senate’s obscure rules, Byrd wore many hats during his lifetime,...
Aug 9, 2019 · Robert Byrd wasn’t a Grand Wizard of the KKK but he once led a local chapter. An old photograph of former Vice President Joe Biden has been circulating online as some social media users try to...
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010.
Oct 7, 2020 · Social media users have been sharing content online that claims Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden eulogized Robert Byrd, asserting he was the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)....
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Born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, on Nov. 20, 1917, Byrd's mother died when he was 1 year old. His father surrendered the child to his aunt and uncle, who subsequently adopted him. Raised in a West Virginia coal mining community, the future senator often said that his childhood experiences helped shape his political beliefs. While working a...
Byrd's career in public service began on November 4, 1952, when the people of West Virginia elected him to his first term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He campaigned as a New Deal Democrat. Byrd served six years in the House before being elected to the U.S. Senatein 1958. He would continue to serve in the Senate for the next 51 years, until...
In 1964, Byrd led a filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He also opposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as well as most of the anti-poverty programs of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society initiative. In the debate against anti-poverty legislation, Byrd stated, “we can take the people out of the slums, but we cannot take the slums o...
In the end, the political legacy of Robert Byrd went from admitting his former membership in the Ku Klux Klan to winning the accolades of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The group rated the senator's voting record as being 100% in line with their positions during the 203-2004 congressional session. In June 20...
During his long tenure in the Senate, Byrd earned a reputation as a strong advocate for the working class as he sought to ensure accessibility to health care and greater educational and employment opportunities for his constituents in West Virginia. As minority and later majority leader during the 1980s, he often found himself at odds with Presiden...
Full Name:Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.)Known for:American politician. Longest serving member of U.S. Senate in American history (over 51 years)Born: November 20, 1917, in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina,Died:June 28, 2010 (at age 92), in Merrifield, Virginia“A Senator's Shame.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 19 June 2005.Byrd, Robert. Robert Byrd Speaks Out Against the Appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. American Voices, October 14, 1991.Byrd, Robert C. Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields. West Virginia University Press, 2005, Morgantown, W.Va.“The Democrats' Lott.” The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, 23 Dec. 2002.- Robert Longley
Jun 28, 2019 · The 2008 photograph shows Biden with Robert Byrd, a West Virginia senator who was during the 1940s a member and organizer for the Ku Klux Klan. What's False.
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Jun 17, 2020 · Social media users have been sharing a photograph online and claiming that it shows Senator Robert Byrd as the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The photograph does not portray...
