The president also offered a degree of praise for Mr. Thurmond, the longtime segregationist, saying that while “he did terrible things,” he later took steps in support of civil rights. By Reid J.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening, setting a historic ...

NEW YORK – Genealogists have revealed that the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond – a discovery the civil rights activist on Sunday called ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a one-time Democratic segregationist who helped fuel the rise of the modern conservative Republican Party in the South, died Thursday. He was 100 ...

He started his political career as a staunch New Dealer, became an ardent segregationist and race-baiter and was not exposed until after his death as the epitome of hypocrisy, when an elderly ...

Just by studying the life of Essie Mae Washington-Williams, Americans could gain a real understanding of the tortured nature of race relations in the 20th century. Who is Washington-Williams? Until ...

Several social media users piled on President Biden’s comments this week attacking the current GOP as worse than Strom Thurmond, the longtime U.S. Senator who supported segregationist policies during ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Strom Thurmond, governor of South ...

NEW YORK -- Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton's great-grandfather was a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported. Genealogists working at The Daily News' ...

James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 47 years as a senator, ...