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Essie Mae grew up with her cousin, seven years older than she, who she believed was her half-brother. She was unaware of the identity of her biological parents until 1938, when she was 13 and her mother told her the full story. In 1941, her mother took her to meet Thurmond in person.
Dec 17, 2003 · But on Saturday Williams' mother, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, confirmed rumors that she is the daughter of Thurmond and a 16-year-old black maid who worked in Thurmond's home in Edgefield,...
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...
Dec 21, 2003 · But that was how Essie Mae Washington-Williams's mother, Carrie Butler, was employed when she and a young Strom Thurmond, the scion of a powerful white family, had what Mrs. Williams described...
February 5, 2013 at 7:32 p.m. EST. Essie Mae Washington-Williams lived for 87 years. But, in her own words, she was never “completely free” until she could stand before the world and say out loud...
Feb 1, 2005 · Most astounding was that this daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, had a black mother, a mother that Essie Mae didn’t know was her birth mother until she was 13 years old. Essie Mae reveals more in her latest book, Dear Senator.
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 …
