Reactions to claim of kinship mixed
THURMOND’S LEGACY Reactions to claim of kinship mixed by Jennifer Talhelm Knight Ridder ‘I just find it to be an irony that while [Thurmond] was one of the people talking about separation of the...
Monthly Archive: December 2003
Race must face black violence
Race must face black violence Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Cynthia Tucker The judges of a Florida appeals court could see the boy in the black man-child, the recklessness in the kid who loved TV wrestling,...
“Pinky” Dies
The biggest fight we face is the fact that the elites who claim to be AGAINST racism are promoting the “light-skinned black” oxymoron. “Pinky” was not an attack on racism but a confirmation of...
Open Letter to Latino Media: Stop Ignoring Dark-Skinned Latinos
Open Letter to Latino Media: Stop Ignoring Dark-Skinned Latinos La Prensa-San Diego, Commentary, Jovanka Ciares, Dec 12, 2003 My name is Jovanka Ciares. I am a Puerto Rican (born and raised), dark-skinned (black in...
Thurmond Paternity Claim Valid, Family Says
Thurmond Paternity Claim Valid, Family Says L.A. Schoolteacher Is Acknowledged as Late Senator’s Child By Marilyn W. Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 16, 2003; Page A01 After decades of denials, the family...
Thurmond Kin Acknowledge Black (sic) Daughter
Thurmond Kin Acknowledge Black Daughter December 16, 2003 By MICHAEL JANOFSKY WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 – The family of the late Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina acknowledged on Monday that Essie Mae Washington-Williams, a...
Strom Thurmond’s multiracial daughter
Woman Claims Thurmond As Father The Washington Post by Marilyn W. Thompson A 78-year-old retired Los Angeles schoolteacher said she is breaking a lifetime of silence to announce that she is the illegitimate mixed-race...