Critics of Thurmond’s daughter change tune The State by JENNIFER TALHELM and AARON GOULD SHEININ Essie Mae Washington-Williams apparently has won over some of her harshest critics. On Thursday, Thurmond […]
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Thurmond’s daughter could help races come to terms with shared heritage
Thurmond’s daughter could help races come to terms with shared heritage The State by Warren Bolton NOW THAT ESSIE Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, […]
Read moreEssie the “Race Traitor”?
Media Backtalk The Washington Post by Howard Kurtz Washington, D.C.: Any comment on the lack of play given to the outrage amongst African-Americans regarding the failure of Strom Thurmond’s illegitimate […]
Read moreThurmond’s past invites new scrutiny
Thurmond’s past invites new scrutiny: Revelation of his mixed-race daughter will cause re-examination The State by Joseph S. Stroud On July 31, 1948, two weeks after he became the Dixiecrats’ […]
Read moreWhat a Family Secret Begat: Essie, Strom and Me
What a Family Secret Begat: Essie, Strom and Me: For One Reporter, 1981 Tip Finally Yields the Big Story by Marilyn W. Thompson The Washington Post Sunday, December 21, 2003; […]
Read moreA Story Much Older Than Ol’ Strom
This Colbert I. King is a hypocrite. He denounces “white” males for supposedly exploiting “black” women but wants the products of this alleged exploitation to enrich his “race.” He denounces […]
Read moreFor Thurmond, Contradictions Covered by Silence
This “Jabari Asim” character sounds jealous. This myth that all “miscegenation” involving “whites” males was “rape,” doesn’t hide the jealousy “black” males feel when “white” males are preferred as sexual […]
Read moreThurmond’s Daughter, Free at Last
Thurmond’s Daughter, Free at Last by David S. Broder The Washington Post Sunday, December 21, 2003; Page B07 She entered the hotel ballroom slowly, her head high, a small woman […]
Read moreFor Biracial Children, a Look at Attitudes: News of Thurmond Paternity Spurs Talk
Darryl Fears’ article is a set-up. There are no stories of loving, accepting white relatives to balance the negative stories. It’s another “black” attempt to scare people into accepting the […]
Read moreI Am Strom Thurmond’s Daughter (5 Letters)
I Am Strom Thurmond’s Daughter (5 Letters) The New York Times December 19, 2003
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