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Secret daughter of Thurmond tours with memoir
Thurmond’s daughter Essie Mae Washington Williams promotes Dear Senator in a five week book tour. She recalls telling her husband of the paternity after marriage and recounts confrontations with Thurmond, hush money, and the civil rights era.
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Thurmond
Columbia
Essie Mae Washington
Williams
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Senator
Washington, D.C
Carrie Butler
The
Butler
Aiken
Hearts and Flowers
State’s Rights Party
Washington
Julius Williams
Strom Jr
Paul
Nancy
Essie Mae Washington Williams