When Essie Mae Washington-Williams passed away at the ... Essie Mae revealed that she was the daughter of Senator Strom Thurmond. He was a conservative political powerhouse who spent much of ...

Strom Thurmond, (R-S.C.), a one-time devoted ... In telling the world her full identity, she said "I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I feel completely free." Funeral services will ...

Columbia, S.C.-- Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of onetime segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond, who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years, has died. She was 87.

Strom Thurmond of South Carolina ... his mixed-race daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who was born following a sexual encounter between Thurmond, who would go on to be a prominent ...

Strom Thurmond shouldn't be honored in such a ... Though Thurmond never publicly recognized Essie Mae Washington-Williams as his daughter, his family ultimately acknowledged her claim.

Strom Thurmond shouldn’t be honored in such ... Though Thurmond never publicly recognized Essie Mae Washington-Williams as his daughter, his family ultimately acknowledged her claim.

Strom Thurmond shouldn't be honored in such a ... Though Thurmond never publicly recognized Essie Mae Washington-Williams as his daughter, his family ultimately acknowledged her claim.

Nancy Thurmond still wonders if the tragedy could have been avoided. On April 13, 1993, her firstborn daughter and namesake, Nancy Moore Thurmond, was considering a trip from Columbia, where she ...

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Strom Thurmond died at the age of 100 in 2003. A few months later, a woman named Essie Mae Washington-Williams publicly revealed she was the daughter of Thurmond and Carrie Butler ...

Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the long-unrecognized daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, died at 87. Here, Washington-Williams discusses her life as Thurmond's ...

“Yes,” she said. “I’d like it to be called the Strom Thurmond-Essie Mae Washington-Williams Institute.” “I wasn’t expecting her to give a full yes or no answer,” Crawford said ...