Actor profile

Richard Russell

Richard Russell is named in 4 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1957 to 1965.

4 events From Sep 9, 1957 To Aug 6, 1965 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1965-08-06Voting Rights Act Signed After Selma Bloody Sunday Defeats Southern Legislative Resistance
President Lyndon B. Johnson · Martin Luther King Jr. · John Lewis · Southern Democratic Senators · +1
 confirmed
1964-07-02Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passes After Filibuster Defeats Corporate Southern Resistance
President Lyndon B. Johnson · Southern Democratic Senators · Richard Russell · Strom Thurmond · +2
 confirmed
1964-06-10Senate Invokes Cloture to End 72-Day Filibuster Against Civil Rights Act for First Time in History
Southern Democratic Caucus · Richard Russell · Robert Byrd · Hubert Humphrey · +1
confirmed
1957-09-09Civil Rights Act of 1957: First Federal Voting Rights Law Since Reconstruction Passes Despite Southern Filibuster
Dwight D. Eisenhower · Lyndon B. Johnson · Strom Thurmond · Richard Russell · +2
 confirmed

Network neighbors

15 other actors share an event
President Lyndon B. Johnson 2× shared Southern Democratic Senators 2× shared Strom Thurmond 2× shared Attorney General Herbert Brownell 1× shared Dwight D. Eisenhower 1× shared Everett Dirksen 1× shared Hubert Humphrey 1× shared John Lewis 1× shared Lyndon B. Johnson 1× shared Martin Luther King Jr. 1× shared Robert Byrd 1× shared Southern Democratic Caucus 1× shared Southern business interests 1× shared U.S. Chamber of Commerce 1× shared U.S. Congress 1× shared