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Essie Mae Washington-Williams (née Butler; October 12, 1925 – February 4, 2013) was an American teacher and author. She was the eldest child of Strom Thurmond , Governor of South Carolina (1947–1951) and longtime United States senator known for his pro- segregation politics. [1]
Feb 6, 2013 · Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who lived for decades with a stunning secret — that she was the interracial daughter of Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a former segregationist who never...
Feb 5, 2013 · 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...
Feb 5, 2013 · Essie Mae Washington-Williams, daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, in 2003. A week before Christmas in 2003, a retired Los Angeles schoolteacher stood before a phalanx of news cameras...
Feb 6, 2013 · Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who in 2003 revealed she was the biracial daughter of segregationist U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, died on Monday at the age of 87, her attorney said.
Jan 17, 2005 · Essie Mae Washington-Williams spent 78 years as the unacknowledged mixed-race daughter of the Senate's most notorious white supremacist. Hush money, occasional...
Feb 7, 2013 · Essie Mae Washington-Williams, as the black daughter of the late Senator Strom Thurmond, stirred public controversy, but her tale's themes already had …