Sharpton explores historic Edgefield plantation ties to Thurmond lineage
Rev. Al Sharpton visits Sharpton Plantation in Edgefield County with media present. He learns his great grandfather may have been owned by relatives of U.S. Sen Strom Thurmond, while local researcher Wayne O Bryant traces ancestral links. A Caselton resident Phillip White guides visitors through the site and a nearby cemetery remains. The moment raises questions about civil rights history and family ancestry.
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Coleman Sharpton
Edgefield County
al Sharpton
Wayne O’ Bryant
Graniteville
Sharpton
U.S
Strom Thurmond
Sharpton Plantation
Cactus Hill
Cactus Hedge
O’bryant
Aiken County
O’ Bryant
Phillip White
White
Ancestry.com
Thurmond
Rob Novil
Wayne O’bryant
Sharpton Traces Roots to Thurmond Link in Georgia Border Town
Rev. Al Sharpton seeks DNA confirmation of a family tie to Strom Thurmond through Coleman Sharpton, a slave once owned by Julia Thurmond. Genealogists locate Coleman in a Georgia plantation family line, with burial in a local slave cemetery possible. Sharpton notes painful but necessary truth. local owner Phillip White presents artifacts and reflects on life at the plantation estate.
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Sharpton
Georgia
Thurmond
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
Bank robbery suspect captures ride by taxi in Augusta
Napier told the sheriff and followed the taxi after a bank robbery. A bag with money was found in the car as deputies stopped the vehicle about three miles away. The taxi picked up the subject at a Gordon Highway motel. SRP credit union will reopen today.
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Georgia
Napier
Michael Frank
Gordon Highway
Augusta
SRP
GVW
Phil Napier
Clay Swearingen
Michael Hunt
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard.com
Walter Reed hearing targets care failures for returning troops
A House subcommittee questioned Army leaders about Walter Reed care standards and broader government handling of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Rep. Tierney pressed officials while Gen Schoomaker defended staff, as Cheney pledged fixes and urgent action without excuses.
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Iraq
Afghanistan
Rep
Tom Davis
R-Va
House
Oversight and Government Reform
John Tierney
D-Mass
Army
Peter Geren
Peter Schoomaker
Richard Cody
Schoemaker
Tierney
Cheney
Walter Reed
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Allstate.com
Allstate
Carolina Eastern
Park Avenue
Aiken Lumber
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