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, ...

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Washington Post reporter Marilyn Thompson about 78-year-old Essie Mae Washington Williams, who says she is indeed the illegitimate mixed-race child of late Sen. Strom ...

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.