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A memoir by the daughter of strom thurmond 9780060760953 by essie mae washington williams. Dear senator by essie mae washingtonwilliams, 9780060761424, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In 1925, when he was 23 and just out of college, thurmond seduced and impregnated 15yearold carrie butler, one of his familys black housekeepers. In dear senator, essie mae washington williams daughter of the late senator strom thurmond breaks her lifelong silence and tells the story of her life. Feb 07, 20 essie mae washington williams, the mixedrace daughter of onetime segregationist sen. Essie mae washingtonwilliams talked about her book dear senator. Most astounding was that this daughter, essie mae washingtonwilliams, had a black mother, a mother that essie mae didnt know was her birth mother until she was years old. In an interview with correspondent dan rather last winter, essie mae washington williams gracefully stepped into history as yet another symbol of this countrys complicated relationship with race. Dear senator essie mae washingtonwilliams paperback. Strom thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his. In an interview with correspondent dan rather last winter, essie mae washingtonwilliams gracefully stepped into history as yet another symbol of this countrys complicated relationship with race.
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