Booker invoked the late Congressman John Lewis and urged Americans to make “good trouble” as Lewis had in opposing Jim Crow laws.

Throughout his speech Booker read letters from Americans about the impact that Trump’s agenda is having on their lives, drawing historical parallels and warning that the country faces a “looming constitutional crisis.

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.