"BTW .. he also filibustered the Civil Rights Act for 14 straight hours"
Was it the whole package he was against, or just certain parts? I'm not against civil rights at all, but this act has given the ACLU it's monstrous power, hasn't it?
Ummm .. do you know what the Civil Rights Act of 1965 is???
Byrd didn't believe all men were created equal.
He mentioned a study by Margaret Mead's husband (Boaz) which said whites have larger brains.
Politics Hoodwinked: Race and Robert Byrd Senator Fought Against Civil Rights in '64
At one point, continuing to emphasize what he believed was a fundamental inequality between the races, Byrd actually introduced a “study” by a Frank Boaz, author of the book "The Mind of Primitive Man." The book certainly was primitive, making the case at one point that white brains actually weighed a few grams more than black brains, with the resulting conclusion that whites were necessarily more intelligent. Byrd does not tell us how many brains were studied in this particular effort.
Your insistence upon defending the indefensible is misplaced. Try the local branch of your KKK, they'll welcome you with open arms.