Democrat calls for renaming of Russell Senate Office Building

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) is urging senators to rename the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill because of former Sen. Richard Russell's history of opposing civil rights and avowing white supremacy.

"Throughout his career, Senator Russell engaged in constant lobbying on behalf of opponents to Civil Rights," Green wrote in a letter to senators Thursday about the Georgia Democrat who died in 1971. "Perhaps most telling of his beliefs, during a lengthy filibuster against anti-lynching legislation...