Senator, lawyer, governor of South Carolina, and presidential nominee on the "Dixiecrat" ticket in 1948, James Strom Thurmond (born 1902) is a conservative politician who was first elected to the U.S....
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Geneaologists have found that civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported Sunday.The Daily News sa...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendant of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond _ a discovery the civil rights activist called "shocking" on Sunday.Sharpton learned of his connec...
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The biracial daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond defended the former segregationist Tuesday and said the Rev. Al Sharpton "overreacted" upon learning he descends from a slave owned by the sena...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton traveled Monday to Strom Thurmond's birthplace to visit the grave of a Thurmond relative who held one of Sharpton's ancestors as a slave.Sharpton's trip to this rural town also...
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reaching out to black voters and organized labor.
Joe Bruno had mixed success as a businessman before selling his company for $23 million.
The New York Times editorial board has some advice for t...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton said he wants a DNA test to determine whether he is related to former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond through his great-grandfather, a slave owned by an ancestor of the late...
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Ted Stevens becomes the longest-serving Republican senator in history on Friday. He's been there for more than 38 years, and he isn't finished.The 83-year-old Alaska Republican was feted on the Sen...
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The woman who claims to be James Brown's fourth wife planned to return to the home she shared with the singer, after a judge ruled Friday that she could retrieve her belongings.Tomi Rae Hynie says ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trent Lott, the
second-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, will announce he
is retiring this year, congressional sources said Monday. Lott, a former Senate majority leade...
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James Strom Thurmond
Report: Family ties Sharpton to Thurmond
