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 →
Richard Russell on the timeline 4 events · 1957–1967 · click any marker
Richard Russell on the timeline19601965Richard Russell
DateEventLanesStatus
1965-08-06Voting Rights Act Signed After Selma Bloody Sunday Defeats Southern Legislative Resistance 6 src
Lyndon B. Johnson · Martin Luther King Jr. · John Lewis · Richard Russell
 confirmed
1964-07-02Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passes After Filibuster Defeats Corporate Southern Resistance 3 src
Lyndon B. Johnson · Richard Russell · Strom Thurmond · U.S. Chamber of Commerce
 confirmed
1964-06-10Senate Invokes Cloture to End 72-Day Filibuster Against Civil Rights Act for First Time in History 3 src
Richard Russell
confirmed
1957-09-09Civil Rights Act of 1957: First Federal Voting Rights Law Since Reconstruction Passes Despite Southern Filibuster 3 src
Dwight D. Eisenhower · Lyndon B. Johnson · Strom Thurmond · Richard Russell · +1
 confirmed

Network neighbors

14 other actors share an event
Lyndon B. Johnson 3× shared Southern Democratic Senators 2× shared Strom Thurmond 2× shared Dwight D. Eisenhower 1× shared Everett Dirksen 1× shared Herbert Brownell 1× shared Hubert Humphrey 1× shared John Lewis 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