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

Strom Thurmond, the legendary South Carolina politician who had built a long Washington career as a champion ... In 1941, then-16-year-old Essie returned to South Carolina to visit her mother ...

S.C. -- Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the bi-racial child the late South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond refused to publicly acknowledge his entire adult life, has died. She was 87. Washington ...

Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial woman who revealed nine years ago she was the illegitimate daughter of former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond, died Monday, her family’s spokesman ...

Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his political career ...

Thompson is Washington bureau chief of ThomsonReuters and co-author of Strom: The Complicated ... s leading segregationists. Thurmond kept his half-black daughter, Essie, a secret his whole ...

Dec. 16 -- After years of being the subject of rumors, Essie Mae Washington-Williams is going to confirm that the late Sen. Strom Thurmond is indeed her father, her lawyer says. A lawyer for the ...

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 senator Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years, has died.

COLUMBIA — Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his ...

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