Senator Herman E. Talmadge (D-GA) criticized the solo filibuster against Civil Rights by Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) and referred to it indirectly as a "grandstand" play. This was the first open break in the ranks of Southerners, who fought the bill every step of the way, Washington DC.

On recto: typewritten artist's credit, title and date. On verso: typewritten title and date stamps.

Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

This object has the following keywords:

• Civil Rights Act of 1957
• Civil Rights Movements
• Filibusters
• Georgia
• Herman Talmadge
• Injustice
• Male Portraits
• Racial Discrimination
• South Carolina
• Strom Thurmon
• Washington DC

• Image Dimensions: 9 x 7 5/8 in. (22.86 x 19.37 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
• Sheet Dimensions: 9 3/8 x 8 in. (23.81 x 20.32 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen