This article is from July. Southern Liberal Diane McWhorter doesn’t get it. By calling Strom’s daughter “black,” she only validates the ideology that demanded that all Southern “white” persons refuse […]
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Links, summaries and snappy commentaries on news and media by author A.D. Powell.
News conference creates huge media buzz
News conference creates huge media buzz The State by JOSEPH S. STROUD People magazine was there. So was the Economist. So were all three networks, CNN, and virtually every local […]
Read moreThurmond story reflects times, historians say
Thurmond story reflects times, historians say The Greenville News By Dan Hoover A part of the South that was – and some say still is – has resurfaced for newcomers […]
Read moreStrom: We hardly knew thee
Strom: We hardly knew thee by Tyler Paterson Dec. 15, 2003 Oh, how I love politicians. This week a 78-year-old Los Angeles woman came forward with the claim that she […]
Read moreArmstrong Williams: Personal reflections of Thurmond’s paternity
Armstrong Williams: For the record December 15, 2003 The truth has a biological advantage. It doesn’t need the artifice of man to survive. It lives and breathes freely on its […]
Read moreThurmond’s grandson breaks silence
Thurmond’s grandson breaks silence THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Wednesday, December 17, 2003 ยท Last updated 3:44 p.m. PT CENTRALIA, Wash. — Following his mother’s lead, a 53-year-old doctor in […]
Read moreMixed-Race Daughter of the Late Strom Thurmond Steps Into Spotlight
‘At Last I Feel Completely Free’: Mixed-Race Daughter of the Late Strom Thurmond Steps Into Spotlight by Darryl Fears Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 18, 2003; Page A02 COLUMBIA, […]
Read moreLive discussion on Thurmond paternity
Thurmond Paternity Marilyn W. Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 16, 2003; 3:00 PM After decades of denials, the family of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) acknowledged yesterday […]
Read moreCalling Thurmond’s daughter “black” only confirms the racism that caused the situation
Thurmond’s Legacy by Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 17, 2003; 12:53 PM I just finished watching Essie Mae Washington-Williams on television. It was a moving few minutes. […]
Read moreWhitening skin can be deadly
Whitening skin can be deadly The Boston Globe by Dr. S. Allen Counter Ninety percent of the women entering border clinics in Arizona with mercury poisoning were Mexican-American, and they […]
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