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James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 -- June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat) candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Democrat and, after 1964, as a Republican. He switched because of his opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, disaffection with the liberalism of the national party, and his support for the conservatism and opposition to the Civil Rights bill of the Republican presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater. He left office as the only senator to reach the age of 100 while still in office and as the oldest-serving and longest-serving senator in U.S. history (although he was later surpassed in length of service by Robert Byrd and Daniel Inouye). Thurmond holds the record at 14 years as the longest-serving Dean of the United States Senate in U.S. history.
In opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, he conducted the longest filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, nonstop. In the 1960s, he opposed the civil rights legislation of 1964 and 1965 to end segregation and enforce the voting rights of African-American citizens. He always insisted he had never been a racist, but was opposed to excessive federal authority, and he attributed the movement for integration to Communist agitators. In 1948, Thurmond stated:
all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement.
Starting in the 1970s, he moderated his position on race, but continued to defend his early segregationist campaigns on the basis of states' rights in the context of Southern society at the time, never fully renouncing his earlier viewpoints.
Six months after Thurmond's death in 2003, it was revealed that at age 22, he had fathered a mixed-race daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, with his family's maid, Carrie Butler, a 16-year-old black girl. Although Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Essie Mae, he paid for her education at a historically black college and passed other money to her for some time. She kept silent out of respect for her father and denies that the two had agreed that she would not reveal her connection to Thurmond. His children by his marriage eventually acknowledged her.
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Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years, has died. She was 87.
Vann Dozier of Leevy's Funeral Home in Columbia said Washington-Williams died Sunday. A cause of death was not given.
Washington-Williams was the daughter of Thurmond and his family's black maid. The identity of her famous father was rumored for decades in political circles and the black community. She later said she kept his secret because, "He trusted me, and I respected him."
Not until after Thurmond's death in 2003 at age 100 did Washington-Williams come forward and say her father was the white man who ran for president on a segregationist platform and served in the U.S. Senate for more than 47 years.
"I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free," Washington-Williams said at a news conference revealing her secret.
She was born in 1925 after Thurmond, then 22, had an affair with a 16-year-old black maid who worked in his family's Edgefield, S.C., home. She spent years as a school teacher in Los Angeles, keeping in touch with her famous father.
While Thurmond never publicly acknowledged his daughter, his family acknowledged her claim after she came forward. She later said Thurmond's widow, Nancy, was "a very wonderful person," and called Strom Thurmond Jr. "very caring, and interested in what's going on with me."
Paul Thurmond, a South Carolina state senator and son of Strom Thurmond, said in an email to The Associated Press, "I was sorry to hear of the passing of Ms. Washington-Williams. She was kind and gracious and I have the greatest respect for her, her life and her legacy."
Washington-Williams was raised by Mary and John Washington in Coatesville, Pa. When she was 13, Mary Washington's sister, Carrie Butler, told Essie Mae that she was her mother.
Washington-Williams met Thurmond for the first time a few years later in a law office in Thurmond's hometown of Edgefield.
"He never called my mother by her name. He didn't verbally acknowledge that I was his child," Washington-Williams wrote in her autobiography, "Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond."
"He didn't ask when I was leaving and didn't invite me to come back. It was like an audience with an important man, a job interview, but not a reunion with a father," she said in the book released January 2005.
It was the first of many visits between Washington-Williams and her father.
He supported her, paying for her to attend then-South Carolina State College at the same time Thurmond was governor. He also helped her later after she was widowed in the 1960s.
"It's not that Strom Thurmond ever swore me to secrecy. He never swore me to anything," she wrote. "He trusted me, and I respected him, and we loved each other in our deeply repressed ways, and that was our social contract."
Washington-Williams watched from afar as Thurmond ran for president as a segregationist for the Dixiecrat Party in 1948, saying "all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the army cannot force the Negro race into our theaters, our swimming pools, our schools, our churches, our homes."
Washington-Williams recalled once asking her father about race.
Thurmond defended his beliefs as part of the "culture and custom of the South," she wrote.
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The oldest member of the U-S Senate reached yet another milestone on Sunday when he became the United States' longest serving senator.
But, despite the fact that South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond has spent nearly 42 years in Congress, he has no intention of retiring any time soon.
Ninety-four-year-old South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond already holds the record as the oldest member to ever serve in Congress.
On Sunday, he broke another record - that of Senate's longest serving member.
Bantering with reporters at a celebratory press conference last week, Thurmond said time had moved too quickly.
But, he added, he still felt like a million bucks.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"It's passed too fast for me. 94 years old...I don't look 94 years old!"
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina
Thurmond was sworn into the Senate on 5 January 1955.
On Sunday, he will have spent 41 years, nine months and 31 days there - longer than any other member has ever served.
Born in 1902 - when Theodore Roosevelt was president - Thurmond's political odyssey has been remarkable, to say the least.
He's been a Democrat, a Dixiecrat, a governor and a presidential candidate.
He ran for President against Truman in 1948.
He was once a well-known segregationist - and then became the first Southern senator to ever hire black staffers.
Thurmond told reporters the best part about being a Senator was never knowing what each new day would bring him.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The challenges are unending. I've been here for about 42 years, and every day, there are new challenges. I like challenges."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina
The South Carolina senator walks stiffly these days, he can't always hear very well and staffers have to guide him through committee sessions.
But even though many Republicans say privately that Thurmond is too old for his job, no one expects him to step down.
What's the secret to Thurmond's longevity?
He says genes count for a lot but attributes his winning health to a good diet, daily exercise and an optimistic attitude.
And when asked how he would like to be remembered, he had this to say:
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"As one who cares. One who cares about his family. One who cares about his friends. One who cares about his state and nation."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina
Thurmond will be 100 years old when his term finishes in 2002.
He says he won't run for office again.
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http://democracynow.org - The Confederate battle flag that has flown on the South Carolina state House grounds for more than 50 years comes down today. Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to permanently remove the flag, after the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved it earlier this week. This is final push in a decades-long struggle that began after the Confederate flag was placed on South Carolina’s Capitol dome in 1962 and was later relocated to a 30-foot flagpole at the Civil War monument after a compromise that required a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate to take it down. As Gov. Haley signed the bill in the state House rotunda Thursday, she was joined by relatives of the nine people gunned down June 17 at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston as they attended Bible study, along with three former South Carolina governors and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The flag is set to be taken down at 10 a.m. this morning and will be moved to the state’s Military Museum in Columbia, where it will be on display in the Confederate Relic Room. For more, we speak to Wanda Williams-Bailey, the interracial granddaughter of the late South Carolina senator, former governor and longtime segregationist, Strom Thurmond, who died at the age of 100 in 2003. Months later, a woman named Essie Mae Washington-Williams came public to reveal she was the daughter of Thurmond and Carrie Butler, who was a 16-year-old African-American housekeeper in Thurmond’s home. Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Washington-Williams as his daughter or Wanda as his granddaughter.
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SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot pan of reception celebrating Senator Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday
2. Close up of Strom Thurmond greeting guest
3. Various reception
4. STILL Thurmond and former US president Richard Nixon
5. STILL Thurmond and family
6. STILL Banner for Thurmond's presidential campaign
7. Thurmond greeting people at reception
8. Close-up of Strom Thurmond
9. Wide shot of reception
APTN FILE
10. Various of Thurmond in Senate gallery
STORYLINE:
The longest serving U.S. Senator turned 100 on Thursday.
Strom Thurmond spent his birthday on Capitol Hill, where for 48 years, longer than any Senator in history, he has been an integral part of the changing political and racial mores of the South.
Several hundred people - friends, family and Washington's elite - honoured Thurmond at a ceremony in a Senate office building.
"I am pleased to be celebrating my 100th birthday today," he said in a statement sent out by his office. "South Carolina is the finest state in our great nation and I am grateful to the people of South Carolina for allowing me this long and full career in public service. God bless the United States of America."
President Bush, in a birthday message, noted that Thurmond, while serving as a circuit court judge, volunteered for combat duty during World War II and landed a glider at Normandy on D-Day at the age of 41.
Bush said "His patriotism, courage and lifetime dedication to South Carolina and his nation will always be remembered."
Thurmond won his first election to a local office in 1928, and, after serving in World War II, was elected governor in 1947.
He is ending his eighth and final term a physically frail but still visible presence in the Senate.
Generally confined to a wheelchair and always accompanied by aides during the last few years, he still rarely missed a Senate vote.
The man who entered the Senate abetting the body's deep racial division leaves it as a much-loved legend.
He is being succeeded by fellow Republican Rep. Lindsey Graham, who was born a year after Thurmond entered the Senate.
Thurmond is to be feted at the White House on Friday, and on December 12 he is to attend ceremonies at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington when the Air Force is to name its 100th C-17 cargo plane the "Spirit of Strom Thurmond."
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James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902—June 26, 2003) served 48 years as United States Senator from South Carolina. He was Governor of South Carolina from 1947-1951 and ran for President in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate. Thurmond was elected to the U.S. Senate via a write-in campaign in 1954 and served until 2003, first as a Democrat, and after 1964 as a Republican.
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Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Democrat and, after 1964, as a Republican.
A magnet for controversy during his nearly half-century Senate career, Thurmond switched parties because of his opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, disaffection with the liberalism of the national party, and his support for the conservatism of the Republican presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater. He left office as the only member of either house of Congress to reach the age of 100 while still in office, and as the oldest-serving and longest-serving senator in U.S. history (although he was later surpassed in length of service by Robert Byrd and Daniel Inouye). Thurmond holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress to serve exclusively in the Senate. He is also the longest-serving Republican member of Congress in U.S. history. At 14 years, he was also the longest-serving Dean of the United States Senate in U.S. history.
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57:16Strom Thurmond: Biography, Civil Rights, Political Career, Views, Filibuster, Segregation (1993)
Strom Thurmond: Biography, Civil Rights, Political Career, Views, Filibuster, Segregation (1993)Strom Thurmond: Biography, Civil Rights, Political Career, Views, Filibuster, Segregation (1993)
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 -- June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat) candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Democrat and, after 1964, as a Republican. He switched because of his opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, disaffection with the liberalism of the national party, and his support for the conservatism and opposition to the Civil Rights bill of the Republican presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater. He left office as the only senator to reach the age of 100 while still in office and as the oldest-serving and longest-serving senator in U.S. history (although he was later surpassed in length of service by Robert Byrd and Daniel Inouye). Thurmond holds the record at 14 years as the longest-serving Dean of the United States Senate in U.S. history. In opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, he conducted the longest filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, nonstop. In the 1960s, he opposed the civil rights legislation of 1964 and 1965 to end segregation and enforce the voting rights of African-American citizens. He always insisted he had never been a racist, but was opposed to excessive federal authority, and he attributed the movement for integration to Communist agitators. In 1948, Thurmond stated: all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement. Starting in the 1970s, he moderated his position on race, but continued to defend his early segregationist campaigns on the basis of states' rights in the context of Southern society at the time, never fully renouncing his earlier viewpoints. Six months after Thurmond's death in 2003, it was revealed that at age 22, he had fathered a mixed-race daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, with his family's maid, Carrie Butler, a 16-year-old black girl. Although Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Essie Mae, he paid for her education at a historically black college and passed other money to her for some time. She kept silent out of respect for her father and denies that the two had agreed that she would not reveal her connection to Thurmond. His children by his marriage eventually acknowledged her. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_thurmond -
5:06Strom Thurmond's Mixed-Race Daughter Dies at 87
Strom Thurmond's Mixed-Race Daughter Dies at 87Strom Thurmond's Mixed-Race Daughter Dies at 87
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years, has died. She was 87. Vann Dozier of Leevy's Funeral Home in Columbia said Washington-Williams died Sunday. A cause of death was not given. Washington-Williams was the daughter of Thurmond and his family's black maid. The identity of her famous father was rumored for decades in political circles and the black community. She later said she kept his secret because, "He trusted me, and I respected him." Not until after Thurmond's death in 2003 at age 100 did Washington-Williams come forward and say her father was the white man who ran for president on a segregationist platform and served in the U.S. Senate for more than 47 years. "I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free," Washington-Williams said at a news conference revealing her secret. She was born in 1925 after Thurmond, then 22, had an affair with a 16-year-old black maid who worked in his family's Edgefield, S.C., home. She spent years as a school teacher in Los Angeles, keeping in touch with her famous father. While Thurmond never publicly acknowledged his daughter, his family acknowledged her claim after she came forward. She later said Thurmond's widow, Nancy, was "a very wonderful person," and called Strom Thurmond Jr. "very caring, and interested in what's going on with me." Paul Thurmond, a South Carolina state senator and son of Strom Thurmond, said in an email to The Associated Press, "I was sorry to hear of the passing of Ms. Washington-Williams. She was kind and gracious and I have the greatest respect for her, her life and her legacy." Washington-Williams was raised by Mary and John Washington in Coatesville, Pa. When she was 13, Mary Washington's sister, Carrie Butler, told Essie Mae that she was her mother. Washington-Williams met Thurmond for the first time a few years later in a law office in Thurmond's hometown of Edgefield. "He never called my mother by her name. He didn't verbally acknowledge that I was his child," Washington-Williams wrote in her autobiography, "Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond." "He didn't ask when I was leaving and didn't invite me to come back. It was like an audience with an important man, a job interview, but not a reunion with a father," she said in the book released January 2005. It was the first of many visits between Washington-Williams and her father. He supported her, paying for her to attend then-South Carolina State College at the same time Thurmond was governor. He also helped her later after she was widowed in the 1960s. "It's not that Strom Thurmond ever swore me to secrecy. He never swore me to anything," she wrote. "He trusted me, and I respected him, and we loved each other in our deeply repressed ways, and that was our social contract." Washington-Williams watched from afar as Thurmond ran for president as a segregationist for the Dixiecrat Party in 1948, saying "all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the army cannot force the Negro race into our theaters, our swimming pools, our schools, our churches, our homes." Washington-Williams recalled once asking her father about race. Thurmond defended his beliefs as part of the "culture and custom of the South," she wrote. -
60:34Strom Thurmond speaking at UCLA 11/9/1970
Strom Thurmond speaking at UCLA 11/9/1970Strom Thurmond speaking at UCLA 11/9/1970
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1:55USA: 94 YEAR OLD STROM THURMOND BECOMES LONGEST SERVING SENATOR
USA: 94 YEAR OLD STROM THURMOND BECOMES LONGEST SERVING SENATORUSA: 94 YEAR OLD STROM THURMOND BECOMES LONGEST SERVING SENATOR
English/Nat The oldest member of the U-S Senate reached yet another milestone on Sunday when he became the United States' longest serving senator. But, despite the fact that South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond has spent nearly 42 years in Congress, he has no intention of retiring any time soon. Ninety-four-year-old South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond already holds the record as the oldest member to ever serve in Congress. On Sunday, he broke another record - that of Senate's longest serving member. Bantering with reporters at a celebratory press conference last week, Thurmond said time had moved too quickly. But, he added, he still felt like a million bucks. SOUNDBITE: (English) "It's passed too fast for me. 94 years old...I don't look 94 years old!" SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina Thurmond was sworn into the Senate on 5 January 1955. On Sunday, he will have spent 41 years, nine months and 31 days there - longer than any other member has ever served. Born in 1902 - when Theodore Roosevelt was president - Thurmond's political odyssey has been remarkable, to say the least. He's been a Democrat, a Dixiecrat, a governor and a presidential candidate. He ran for President against Truman in 1948. He was once a well-known segregationist - and then became the first Southern senator to ever hire black staffers. Thurmond told reporters the best part about being a Senator was never knowing what each new day would bring him. SOUNDBITE: (English) "The challenges are unending. I've been here for about 42 years, and every day, there are new challenges. I like challenges." SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina The South Carolina senator walks stiffly these days, he can't always hear very well and staffers have to guide him through committee sessions. But even though many Republicans say privately that Thurmond is too old for his job, no one expects him to step down. What's the secret to Thurmond's longevity? He says genes count for a lot but attributes his winning health to a good diet, daily exercise and an optimistic attitude. And when asked how he would like to be remembered, he had this to say: SOUNDBITE: (English) "As one who cares. One who cares about his family. One who cares about his friends. One who cares about his state and nation." SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina Thurmond will be 100 years old when his term finishes in 2002. He says he won't run for office again. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5cb7eabd19e08c003af4a3e3fc414d23 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
16:54Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag
Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate FlagBlack Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag
http://democracynow.org - The Confederate battle flag that has flown on the South Carolina state House grounds for more than 50 years comes down today. Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to permanently remove the flag, after the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved it earlier this week. This is final push in a decades-long struggle that began after the Confederate flag was placed on South Carolina’s Capitol dome in 1962 and was later relocated to a 30-foot flagpole at the Civil War monument after a compromise that required a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate to take it down. As Gov. Haley signed the bill in the state House rotunda Thursday, she was joined by relatives of the nine people gunned down June 17 at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston as they attended Bible study, along with three former South Carolina governors and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The flag is set to be taken down at 10 a.m. this morning and will be moved to the state’s Military Museum in Columbia, where it will be on display in the Confederate Relic Room. For more, we speak to Wanda Williams-Bailey, the interracial granddaughter of the late South Carolina senator, former governor and longtime segregationist, Strom Thurmond, who died at the age of 100 in 2003. Months later, a woman named Essie Mae Washington-Williams came public to reveal she was the daughter of Thurmond and Carrie Butler, who was a 16-year-old African-American housekeeper in Thurmond’s home. Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Washington-Williams as his daughter or Wanda as his granddaughter. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,300+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9am ET: http://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: http://democracynow.org/donate FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: http://facebook.com/democracynow Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/democracynow Daily Email: http://democracynow.org/subscribe Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DemocracyNow Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracynow Tumblr: http://democracynow.tumblr Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/democracynow iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/democracy-now!-audio/id73802554 TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/Democracy-Now-p90/ Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/democracy-now -
1:30Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat Days: Newsreel
Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat Days: NewsreelStrom Thurmond's Dixiecrat Days: Newsreel
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1:50Senator J. Strom Thurmond fights nomination of Abe Fortas 1968
Senator J. Strom Thurmond fights nomination of Abe Fortas 1968Senator J. Strom Thurmond fights nomination of Abe Fortas 1968
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1:46Oldest senator is 100 today
Oldest senator is 100 todayOldest senator is 100 today
SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot pan of reception celebrating Senator Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday 2. Close up of Strom Thurmond greeting guest 3. Various reception 4. STILL Thurmond and former US president Richard Nixon 5. STILL Thurmond and family 6. STILL Banner for Thurmond's presidential campaign 7. Thurmond greeting people at reception 8. Close-up of Strom Thurmond 9. Wide shot of reception APTN FILE 10. Various of Thurmond in Senate gallery STORYLINE: The longest serving U.S. Senator turned 100 on Thursday. Strom Thurmond spent his birthday on Capitol Hill, where for 48 years, longer than any Senator in history, he has been an integral part of the changing political and racial mores of the South. Several hundred people - friends, family and Washington's elite - honoured Thurmond at a ceremony in a Senate office building. "I am pleased to be celebrating my 100th birthday today," he said in a statement sent out by his office. "South Carolina is the finest state in our great nation and I am grateful to the people of South Carolina for allowing me this long and full career in public service. God bless the United States of America." President Bush, in a birthday message, noted that Thurmond, while serving as a circuit court judge, volunteered for combat duty during World War II and landed a glider at Normandy on D-Day at the age of 41. Bush said "His patriotism, courage and lifetime dedication to South Carolina and his nation will always be remembered." Thurmond won his first election to a local office in 1928, and, after serving in World War II, was elected governor in 1947. He is ending his eighth and final term a physically frail but still visible presence in the Senate. Generally confined to a wheelchair and always accompanied by aides during the last few years, he still rarely missed a Senate vote. The man who entered the Senate abetting the body's deep racial division leaves it as a much-loved legend. He is being succeeded by fellow Republican Rep. Lindsey Graham, who was born a year after Thurmond entered the Senate. Thurmond is to be feted at the White House on Friday, and on December 12 he is to attend ceremonies at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington when the Air Force is to name its 100th C-17 cargo plane the "Spirit of Strom Thurmond." You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/cc258b15530eeb55f3bb01f4772b0e34 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
0:16Strom Thurmond's Infamous 'Swimming Pool' Speech
Strom Thurmond's Infamous 'Swimming Pool' SpeechStrom Thurmond's Infamous 'Swimming Pool' Speech
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7:29Strom Thurmond
Strom ThurmondStrom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902—June 26, 2003) served 48 years as United States Senator from South Carolina. He was Governor of South Carolina from 1947-1951 and ran for President in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate. Thurmond was elected to the U.S. Senate via a write-in campaign in 1954 and served until 2003, first as a Democrat, and after 1964 as a Republican.
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Dante's Inferno (2007)
Actors: Tony Hale (actor), Tony Hale (actor), James Cromwell (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Matt Besser (actor), John Fleck (actor), Matt Besser (actor), Matt Besser (actor), Matt Besser (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Dermot Mulroney (actor), Tony Hale (actor),
Plot: Melding the seemingly disparate traditions of apocalyptic live-action graphic novel and charming Victoria-era toy theater, Dante's Inferno is a subversive, darkly satirical update of the original 14th century literary classic. Retold with the use of intricately hand-drawn paper puppets and miniature sets, and without the use of CGI effects, this unusual travelogue takes viewers on a tour of hell. And what we find there, looks a lot like the modern world. Sporting a hoodie and a hang-over from the previous night's debauchery, Dante wakes to find he is lost - physically and metaphorically - in a strange part of town. He asks the first guy he sees for some help: The ancient Roman poet Virgil, wearing a mullet and what looks like a brown bathrobe. Having no one else to turn to, Dante's quickly convinced that his only means for survival is to follow Virgil voyage down, down through the depths of Hell. The pair cross into the underworld and there Virgil shows Dante the underbelly of the Inferno, which closely resembles the decayed landscape of modern urban life. Dante and Virgil's chronicles are set against a familiar backdrop of used car lots, strip malls, gated communities, airport security checks, and the U.S. Capitol. Here, hot tubs simmer with sinners, and the river Styx is engorged with sewage swimmers. Also familiar is the contemporary cast of presidents, politicians, popes and pop-culture icons sentenced to eternal suffering of the most cruel and unusual kind: Heads sewn on backwards, bodies wrenched in half, never-ending blow jobs, dancing to techno for eternity, and last, but certainly not least, an inside look at Lucifer himself, from the point of view of a fondue-dunked human appetizer. Each creatively horrific penance suits the crime, and the soul who perpetrated it. As Dante spirals through the nine circles of hell, he comes to understand the underworld's merciless machinery of punishment, emerging a new man destined to change the course of his life. But not, of course, the brand of his beer.
Keywords: allegory, anger, astrologer, based-on-novel, catholic, dante's-inferno, dick-cheney, divine-comedy, fraud, gluttonyGenres: Animation, Comedy,
Taglines: The epic film of a lost young man's journey through hell. Dante. Virgil. Hell. Puppets. Questions? To Hell and back through the streets of America: a journey in toy theater.
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Virgil: This is Hell, Dante. Not your personal fantasy.Ulysses - Strom Thurmond: I'm not Mrs. Butterworth, God Dammit. I'm Senator Strom Thurmond.
Thurmond, Strom Filmography
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Famous quotes by Strom Thurmond:
"Mr. Gore, I knew Harry Truman, ... I ran against Harry Truman. And Mr. Gore, you are no Harry Truman."
"I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact."
"I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation."
"I don't think it's a question of age as much as it's a question of what kind of shape you're in."
"If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society."
"Segregation in the South is honest, open and aboveboard. Of the two systems, or styles of segregation, the Northern and the Southern, there is no doubt whatever in my mind which is the better."
"I did not risk my life on the beaches of Normandy to come back to this country and sit idly by while a bunch of hack politicians whittles away your heritage and mine."
"It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men."
"She walks well, she looks good. Let's see how she kisses."
"The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda."
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Strom Thurmond: Biography, Civil Rights, Political Career, Views, Filibuster, Segregation (1993)
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 -- June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat) candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Democrat and, after 1964, as a Republican. He switched because of his opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, disaffection with the liberalism of the national party, and his support for the conservatism and opposition to the Civil Rights bill of the Republican presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater. He left office as the only senator to reach the age of 100 while still in office and as the oldest-servin... -
Strom Thurmond's Mixed-Race Daughter Dies at 87
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years, has died. She was 87. Vann Dozier of Leevy's Funeral Home in Columbia said Washington-Williams died Sunday. A cause of death was not given. Washington-Williams was the daughter of Thurmond and his family's black maid. The identity of her famous father was rumored for decades in political circles and the black community. She later said she kept his secret because, "He trusted me, and I respected him." Not until after Thurmond's death in 2003 at age 100 did Washington-Williams come forward and say her father was the white man who ran for president on a segregationist platform and served in the U.S. Senate for more than 47 years. "I am... -
Strom Thurmond speaking at UCLA 11/9/1970
From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department. Digitized 2013. The views and ideas expressed in these videos are not necessarily shared by the University of California, or by the UCLA Communication Studies Department. -
USA: 94 YEAR OLD STROM THURMOND BECOMES LONGEST SERVING SENATOR
English/Nat The oldest member of the U-S Senate reached yet another milestone on Sunday when he became the United States' longest serving senator. But, despite the fact that South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond has spent nearly 42 years in Congress, he has no intention of retiring any time soon. Ninety-four-year-old South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond already holds the record as the oldest member to ever serve in Congress. On Sunday, he broke another record - that of Senate's longest serving member. Bantering with reporters at a celebratory press conference last week, Thurmond said time had moved too quickly. But, he added, he still felt like a million bucks. SOUNDBITE: (English) "It's passed too fast for me. 94 years old...I don't look 94 years old!" SUPER CAPT... -
Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag
http://democracynow.org - The Confederate battle flag that has flown on the South Carolina state House grounds for more than 50 years comes down today. Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to permanently remove the flag, after the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved it earlier this week. This is final push in a decades-long struggle that began after the Confederate flag was placed on South Carolina’s Capitol dome in 1962 and was later relocated to a 30-foot flagpole at the Civil War monument after a compromise that required a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate to take it down. As Gov. Haley signed the bill in the state House rotunda Thursday, she was joined by relatives of the nine people gunned down June 17 at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston as they attended Bible s... -
Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat Days: Newsreel
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Senator J. Strom Thurmond fights nomination of Abe Fortas 1968
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Oldest senator is 100 today
SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot pan of reception celebrating Senator Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday 2. Close up of Strom Thurmond greeting guest 3. Various reception 4. STILL Thurmond and former US president Richard Nixon 5. STILL Thurmond and family 6. STILL Banner for Thurmond's presidential campaign 7. Thurmond greeting people at reception 8. Close-up of Strom Thurmond 9. Wide shot of reception APTN FILE 10. Various of Thurmond in Senate gallery STORYLINE: The longest serving U.S. Senator turned 100 on Thursday. Strom Thurmond spent his birthday on Capitol Hill, where for 48 years, longer than any Senator in history, he has been an integral part of the changing political and racial mores of the South. Several hundred people - friends, family and Washington's elite... -
Strom Thurmond's Infamous 'Swimming Pool' Speech
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Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902—June 26, 2003) served 48 years as United States Senator from South Carolina. He was Governor of South Carolina from 1947-1951 and ran for President in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate. Thurmond was elected to the U.S. Senate via a write-in campaign in 1954 and served until 2003, first as a Democrat, and after 1964 as a Republican.
Strom Thurmond: Biography, Civil Rights, Political Career, Views, Filibuster, Segregation (1993)
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James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 -- June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator. He ran for president in ...
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 -- June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat) candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Democrat and, after 1964, as a Republican. He switched because of his opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, disaffection with the liberalism of the national party, and his support for the conservatism and opposition to the Civil Rights bill of the Republican presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater. He left office as the only senator to reach the age of 100 while still in office and as the oldest-serving and longest-serving senator in U.S. history (although he was later surpassed in length of service by Robert Byrd and Daniel Inouye). Thurmond holds the record at 14 years as the longest-serving Dean of the United States Senate in U.S. history.
In opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, he conducted the longest filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, nonstop. In the 1960s, he opposed the civil rights legislation of 1964 and 1965 to end segregation and enforce the voting rights of African-American citizens. He always insisted he had never been a racist, but was opposed to excessive federal authority, and he attributed the movement for integration to Communist agitators. In 1948, Thurmond stated:
all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement.
Starting in the 1970s, he moderated his position on race, but continued to defend his early segregationist campaigns on the basis of states' rights in the context of Southern society at the time, never fully renouncing his earlier viewpoints.
Six months after Thurmond's death in 2003, it was revealed that at age 22, he had fathered a mixed-race daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, with his family's maid, Carrie Butler, a 16-year-old black girl. Although Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Essie Mae, he paid for her education at a historically black college and passed other money to her for some time. She kept silent out of respect for her father and denies that the two had agreed that she would not reveal her connection to Thurmond. His children by his marriage eventually acknowledged her.
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James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 -- June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat) candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Democrat and, after 1964, as a Republican. He switched because of his opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, disaffection with the liberalism of the national party, and his support for the conservatism and opposition to the Civil Rights bill of the Republican presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater. He left office as the only senator to reach the age of 100 while still in office and as the oldest-serving and longest-serving senator in U.S. history (although he was later surpassed in length of service by Robert Byrd and Daniel Inouye). Thurmond holds the record at 14 years as the longest-serving Dean of the United States Senate in U.S. history.
In opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, he conducted the longest filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, nonstop. In the 1960s, he opposed the civil rights legislation of 1964 and 1965 to end segregation and enforce the voting rights of African-American citizens. He always insisted he had never been a racist, but was opposed to excessive federal authority, and he attributed the movement for integration to Communist agitators. In 1948, Thurmond stated:
all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement.
Starting in the 1970s, he moderated his position on race, but continued to defend his early segregationist campaigns on the basis of states' rights in the context of Southern society at the time, never fully renouncing his earlier viewpoints.
Six months after Thurmond's death in 2003, it was revealed that at age 22, he had fathered a mixed-race daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, with his family's maid, Carrie Butler, a 16-year-old black girl. Although Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Essie Mae, he paid for her education at a historically black college and passed other money to her for some time. She kept silent out of respect for her father and denies that the two had agreed that she would not reveal her connection to Thurmond. His children by his marriage eventually acknowledged her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_thurmond
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Strom Thurmond's Mixed-Race Daughter Dies at 87
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Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years, has ...
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years, has died. She was 87.
Vann Dozier of Leevy's Funeral Home in Columbia said Washington-Williams died Sunday. A cause of death was not given.
Washington-Williams was the daughter of Thurmond and his family's black maid. The identity of her famous father was rumored for decades in political circles and the black community. She later said she kept his secret because, "He trusted me, and I respected him."
Not until after Thurmond's death in 2003 at age 100 did Washington-Williams come forward and say her father was the white man who ran for president on a segregationist platform and served in the U.S. Senate for more than 47 years.
"I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free," Washington-Williams said at a news conference revealing her secret.
She was born in 1925 after Thurmond, then 22, had an affair with a 16-year-old black maid who worked in his family's Edgefield, S.C., home. She spent years as a school teacher in Los Angeles, keeping in touch with her famous father.
While Thurmond never publicly acknowledged his daughter, his family acknowledged her claim after she came forward. She later said Thurmond's widow, Nancy, was "a very wonderful person," and called Strom Thurmond Jr. "very caring, and interested in what's going on with me."
Paul Thurmond, a South Carolina state senator and son of Strom Thurmond, said in an email to The Associated Press, "I was sorry to hear of the passing of Ms. Washington-Williams. She was kind and gracious and I have the greatest respect for her, her life and her legacy."
Washington-Williams was raised by Mary and John Washington in Coatesville, Pa. When she was 13, Mary Washington's sister, Carrie Butler, told Essie Mae that she was her mother.
Washington-Williams met Thurmond for the first time a few years later in a law office in Thurmond's hometown of Edgefield.
"He never called my mother by her name. He didn't verbally acknowledge that I was his child," Washington-Williams wrote in her autobiography, "Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond."
"He didn't ask when I was leaving and didn't invite me to come back. It was like an audience with an important man, a job interview, but not a reunion with a father," she said in the book released January 2005.
It was the first of many visits between Washington-Williams and her father.
He supported her, paying for her to attend then-South Carolina State College at the same time Thurmond was governor. He also helped her later after she was widowed in the 1960s.
"It's not that Strom Thurmond ever swore me to secrecy. He never swore me to anything," she wrote. "He trusted me, and I respected him, and we loved each other in our deeply repressed ways, and that was our social contract."
Washington-Williams watched from afar as Thurmond ran for president as a segregationist for the Dixiecrat Party in 1948, saying "all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the army cannot force the Negro race into our theaters, our swimming pools, our schools, our churches, our homes."
Washington-Williams recalled once asking her father about race.
Thurmond defended his beliefs as part of the "culture and custom of the South," she wrote.
wn.com/Strom Thurmond's Mixed Race Daughter Dies At 87
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years, has died. She was 87.
Vann Dozier of Leevy's Funeral Home in Columbia said Washington-Williams died Sunday. A cause of death was not given.
Washington-Williams was the daughter of Thurmond and his family's black maid. The identity of her famous father was rumored for decades in political circles and the black community. She later said she kept his secret because, "He trusted me, and I respected him."
Not until after Thurmond's death in 2003 at age 100 did Washington-Williams come forward and say her father was the white man who ran for president on a segregationist platform and served in the U.S. Senate for more than 47 years.
"I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free," Washington-Williams said at a news conference revealing her secret.
She was born in 1925 after Thurmond, then 22, had an affair with a 16-year-old black maid who worked in his family's Edgefield, S.C., home. She spent years as a school teacher in Los Angeles, keeping in touch with her famous father.
While Thurmond never publicly acknowledged his daughter, his family acknowledged her claim after she came forward. She later said Thurmond's widow, Nancy, was "a very wonderful person," and called Strom Thurmond Jr. "very caring, and interested in what's going on with me."
Paul Thurmond, a South Carolina state senator and son of Strom Thurmond, said in an email to The Associated Press, "I was sorry to hear of the passing of Ms. Washington-Williams. She was kind and gracious and I have the greatest respect for her, her life and her legacy."
Washington-Williams was raised by Mary and John Washington in Coatesville, Pa. When she was 13, Mary Washington's sister, Carrie Butler, told Essie Mae that she was her mother.
Washington-Williams met Thurmond for the first time a few years later in a law office in Thurmond's hometown of Edgefield.
"He never called my mother by her name. He didn't verbally acknowledge that I was his child," Washington-Williams wrote in her autobiography, "Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond."
"He didn't ask when I was leaving and didn't invite me to come back. It was like an audience with an important man, a job interview, but not a reunion with a father," she said in the book released January 2005.
It was the first of many visits between Washington-Williams and her father.
He supported her, paying for her to attend then-South Carolina State College at the same time Thurmond was governor. He also helped her later after she was widowed in the 1960s.
"It's not that Strom Thurmond ever swore me to secrecy. He never swore me to anything," she wrote. "He trusted me, and I respected him, and we loved each other in our deeply repressed ways, and that was our social contract."
Washington-Williams watched from afar as Thurmond ran for president as a segregationist for the Dixiecrat Party in 1948, saying "all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the army cannot force the Negro race into our theaters, our swimming pools, our schools, our churches, our homes."
Washington-Williams recalled once asking her father about race.
Thurmond defended his beliefs as part of the "culture and custom of the South," she wrote.
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Strom Thurmond speaking at UCLA 11/9/1970
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- Duration: 60:34
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From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department. Digitized 2013.
The views and ideas expressed in these videos are not necessarily shared by th...
From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department. Digitized 2013.
The views and ideas expressed in these videos are not necessarily shared by the University of California, or by the UCLA Communication Studies Department.
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From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department. Digitized 2013.
The views and ideas expressed in these videos are not necessarily shared by the University of California, or by the UCLA Communication Studies Department.
- published: 17 Dec 2013
- views: 8138
USA: 94 YEAR OLD STROM THURMOND BECOMES LONGEST SERVING SENATOR
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The oldest member of the U-S Senate reached yet another milestone on Sunday when he became the United States' longest serving senator.
But, d...
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The oldest member of the U-S Senate reached yet another milestone on Sunday when he became the United States' longest serving senator.
But, despite the fact that South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond has spent nearly 42 years in Congress, he has no intention of retiring any time soon.
Ninety-four-year-old South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond already holds the record as the oldest member to ever serve in Congress.
On Sunday, he broke another record - that of Senate's longest serving member.
Bantering with reporters at a celebratory press conference last week, Thurmond said time had moved too quickly.
But, he added, he still felt like a million bucks.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"It's passed too fast for me. 94 years old...I don't look 94 years old!"
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina
Thurmond was sworn into the Senate on 5 January 1955.
On Sunday, he will have spent 41 years, nine months and 31 days there - longer than any other member has ever served.
Born in 1902 - when Theodore Roosevelt was president - Thurmond's political odyssey has been remarkable, to say the least.
He's been a Democrat, a Dixiecrat, a governor and a presidential candidate.
He ran for President against Truman in 1948.
He was once a well-known segregationist - and then became the first Southern senator to ever hire black staffers.
Thurmond told reporters the best part about being a Senator was never knowing what each new day would bring him.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The challenges are unending. I've been here for about 42 years, and every day, there are new challenges. I like challenges."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina
The South Carolina senator walks stiffly these days, he can't always hear very well and staffers have to guide him through committee sessions.
But even though many Republicans say privately that Thurmond is too old for his job, no one expects him to step down.
What's the secret to Thurmond's longevity?
He says genes count for a lot but attributes his winning health to a good diet, daily exercise and an optimistic attitude.
And when asked how he would like to be remembered, he had this to say:
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"As one who cares. One who cares about his family. One who cares about his friends. One who cares about his state and nation."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina
Thurmond will be 100 years old when his term finishes in 2002.
He says he won't run for office again.
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wn.com/USA 94 Year Old Strom Thurmond Becomes Longest Serving Senator
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The oldest member of the U-S Senate reached yet another milestone on Sunday when he became the United States' longest serving senator.
But, despite the fact that South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond has spent nearly 42 years in Congress, he has no intention of retiring any time soon.
Ninety-four-year-old South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond already holds the record as the oldest member to ever serve in Congress.
On Sunday, he broke another record - that of Senate's longest serving member.
Bantering with reporters at a celebratory press conference last week, Thurmond said time had moved too quickly.
But, he added, he still felt like a million bucks.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"It's passed too fast for me. 94 years old...I don't look 94 years old!"
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina
Thurmond was sworn into the Senate on 5 January 1955.
On Sunday, he will have spent 41 years, nine months and 31 days there - longer than any other member has ever served.
Born in 1902 - when Theodore Roosevelt was president - Thurmond's political odyssey has been remarkable, to say the least.
He's been a Democrat, a Dixiecrat, a governor and a presidential candidate.
He ran for President against Truman in 1948.
He was once a well-known segregationist - and then became the first Southern senator to ever hire black staffers.
Thurmond told reporters the best part about being a Senator was never knowing what each new day would bring him.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The challenges are unending. I've been here for about 42 years, and every day, there are new challenges. I like challenges."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina
The South Carolina senator walks stiffly these days, he can't always hear very well and staffers have to guide him through committee sessions.
But even though many Republicans say privately that Thurmond is too old for his job, no one expects him to step down.
What's the secret to Thurmond's longevity?
He says genes count for a lot but attributes his winning health to a good diet, daily exercise and an optimistic attitude.
And when asked how he would like to be remembered, he had this to say:
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"As one who cares. One who cares about his family. One who cares about his friends. One who cares about his state and nation."
SUPER CAPTION: Senator Strom Thurmond - Republican, South Carolina
Thurmond will be 100 years old when his term finishes in 2002.
He says he won't run for office again.
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5cb7eabd19e08c003af4a3e3fc414d23
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
- published: 21 Jul 2015
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Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag
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http://democracynow.org - The Confederate battle flag that has flown on the South Carolina state House grounds for more than 50 years comes down today. Governor...
http://democracynow.org - The Confederate battle flag that has flown on the South Carolina state House grounds for more than 50 years comes down today. Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to permanently remove the flag, after the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved it earlier this week. This is final push in a decades-long struggle that began after the Confederate flag was placed on South Carolina’s Capitol dome in 1962 and was later relocated to a 30-foot flagpole at the Civil War monument after a compromise that required a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate to take it down. As Gov. Haley signed the bill in the state House rotunda Thursday, she was joined by relatives of the nine people gunned down June 17 at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston as they attended Bible study, along with three former South Carolina governors and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The flag is set to be taken down at 10 a.m. this morning and will be moved to the state’s Military Museum in Columbia, where it will be on display in the Confederate Relic Room. For more, we speak to Wanda Williams-Bailey, the interracial granddaughter of the late South Carolina senator, former governor and longtime segregationist, Strom Thurmond, who died at the age of 100 in 2003. Months later, a woman named Essie Mae Washington-Williams came public to reveal she was the daughter of Thurmond and Carrie Butler, who was a 16-year-old African-American housekeeper in Thurmond’s home. Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Washington-Williams as his daughter or Wanda as his granddaughter.
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http://democracynow.org - The Confederate battle flag that has flown on the South Carolina state House grounds for more than 50 years comes down today. Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to permanently remove the flag, after the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved it earlier this week. This is final push in a decades-long struggle that began after the Confederate flag was placed on South Carolina’s Capitol dome in 1962 and was later relocated to a 30-foot flagpole at the Civil War monument after a compromise that required a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate to take it down. As Gov. Haley signed the bill in the state House rotunda Thursday, she was joined by relatives of the nine people gunned down June 17 at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston as they attended Bible study, along with three former South Carolina governors and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The flag is set to be taken down at 10 a.m. this morning and will be moved to the state’s Military Museum in Columbia, where it will be on display in the Confederate Relic Room. For more, we speak to Wanda Williams-Bailey, the interracial granddaughter of the late South Carolina senator, former governor and longtime segregationist, Strom Thurmond, who died at the age of 100 in 2003. Months later, a woman named Essie Mae Washington-Williams came public to reveal she was the daughter of Thurmond and Carrie Butler, who was a 16-year-old African-American housekeeper in Thurmond’s home. Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Washington-Williams as his daughter or Wanda as his granddaughter.
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Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat Days: Newsreel
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Senator J. Strom Thurmond fights nomination of Abe Fortas 1968
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Oldest senator is 100 today
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1. Wide shot pan of reception celebrating Senator Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday
2. Close up of Strom Thurmond greeting guest
3. Various recepti...
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1. Wide shot pan of reception celebrating Senator Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday
2. Close up of Strom Thurmond greeting guest
3. Various reception
4. STILL Thurmond and former US president Richard Nixon
5. STILL Thurmond and family
6. STILL Banner for Thurmond's presidential campaign
7. Thurmond greeting people at reception
8. Close-up of Strom Thurmond
9. Wide shot of reception
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10. Various of Thurmond in Senate gallery
STORYLINE:
The longest serving U.S. Senator turned 100 on Thursday.
Strom Thurmond spent his birthday on Capitol Hill, where for 48 years, longer than any Senator in history, he has been an integral part of the changing political and racial mores of the South.
Several hundred people - friends, family and Washington's elite - honoured Thurmond at a ceremony in a Senate office building.
"I am pleased to be celebrating my 100th birthday today," he said in a statement sent out by his office. "South Carolina is the finest state in our great nation and I am grateful to the people of South Carolina for allowing me this long and full career in public service. God bless the United States of America."
President Bush, in a birthday message, noted that Thurmond, while serving as a circuit court judge, volunteered for combat duty during World War II and landed a glider at Normandy on D-Day at the age of 41.
Bush said "His patriotism, courage and lifetime dedication to South Carolina and his nation will always be remembered."
Thurmond won his first election to a local office in 1928, and, after serving in World War II, was elected governor in 1947.
He is ending his eighth and final term a physically frail but still visible presence in the Senate.
Generally confined to a wheelchair and always accompanied by aides during the last few years, he still rarely missed a Senate vote.
The man who entered the Senate abetting the body's deep racial division leaves it as a much-loved legend.
He is being succeeded by fellow Republican Rep. Lindsey Graham, who was born a year after Thurmond entered the Senate.
Thurmond is to be feted at the White House on Friday, and on December 12 he is to attend ceremonies at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington when the Air Force is to name its 100th C-17 cargo plane the "Spirit of Strom Thurmond."
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SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot pan of reception celebrating Senator Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday
2. Close up of Strom Thurmond greeting guest
3. Various reception
4. STILL Thurmond and former US president Richard Nixon
5. STILL Thurmond and family
6. STILL Banner for Thurmond's presidential campaign
7. Thurmond greeting people at reception
8. Close-up of Strom Thurmond
9. Wide shot of reception
APTN FILE
10. Various of Thurmond in Senate gallery
STORYLINE:
The longest serving U.S. Senator turned 100 on Thursday.
Strom Thurmond spent his birthday on Capitol Hill, where for 48 years, longer than any Senator in history, he has been an integral part of the changing political and racial mores of the South.
Several hundred people - friends, family and Washington's elite - honoured Thurmond at a ceremony in a Senate office building.
"I am pleased to be celebrating my 100th birthday today," he said in a statement sent out by his office. "South Carolina is the finest state in our great nation and I am grateful to the people of South Carolina for allowing me this long and full career in public service. God bless the United States of America."
President Bush, in a birthday message, noted that Thurmond, while serving as a circuit court judge, volunteered for combat duty during World War II and landed a glider at Normandy on D-Day at the age of 41.
Bush said "His patriotism, courage and lifetime dedication to South Carolina and his nation will always be remembered."
Thurmond won his first election to a local office in 1928, and, after serving in World War II, was elected governor in 1947.
He is ending his eighth and final term a physically frail but still visible presence in the Senate.
Generally confined to a wheelchair and always accompanied by aides during the last few years, he still rarely missed a Senate vote.
The man who entered the Senate abetting the body's deep racial division leaves it as a much-loved legend.
He is being succeeded by fellow Republican Rep. Lindsey Graham, who was born a year after Thurmond entered the Senate.
Thurmond is to be feted at the White House on Friday, and on December 12 he is to attend ceremonies at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington when the Air Force is to name its 100th C-17 cargo plane the "Spirit of Strom Thurmond."
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/cc258b15530eeb55f3bb01f4772b0e34
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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Strom Thurmond's Infamous 'Swimming Pool' Speech
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Strom Thurmond
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James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902—June 26, 2003) served 48 years as United States Senator from South Carolina. He was Governor of South Carolina from 1947-...
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902—June 26, 2003) served 48 years as United States Senator from South Carolina. He was Governor of South Carolina from 1947-1951 and ran for President in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate. Thurmond was elected to the U.S. Senate via a write-in campaign in 1954 and served until 2003, first as a Democrat, and after 1964 as a Republican.
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James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902—June 26, 2003) served 48 years as United States Senator from South Carolina. He was Governor of South Carolina from 1947-1951 and ran for President in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate. Thurmond was elected to the U.S. Senate via a write-in campaign in 1954 and served until 2003, first as a Democrat, and after 1964 as a Republican.
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U.S. Sen. Rod Grams Washington Report: Guests U.S. Sen. Stom Thurmond and Sen. Robert Byrd
U.S. Senator Rod Grams Washington Report: Guest U.S. Senators Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) and Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) on National Security. Gift from Rod Grams to Northwestern College of Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2012. -
Strom Thurmond on liberals
1978 Interview "I think so far as liberalism goes, it depends. I mean, it's hard to find. A true liberal is to be admired. But the word "liberal" today, is one that believes in big government, the one that doesn't trust the people, you've got to have an almighty government here to protect him from the time he's born until he goes to his grave. Now I abhor that type of government. I believe in incentive, only putting restrictions 'round that you have to have, turn 'em loose and let 'em work hard, save, have something, have incentive to do things. And with all the laws we've got today restricting business, I don't see hardly how a business can operate, to tell you the truth. And I'm not for big business—the very reason I say that is because I'm for the working people and I think it's best f... -
Patch Video Interview: Prof. Joseph Crespino - Author of Strom Thurmond's America
South Carolina Patch Political Editor Shawn Drury talks to Prof. Joseph Crespino the author of Strom Thurmond's America. Prof. Crespino, who teaches History at Emory University in Atlanta, discusses Sen. Thurmond's legacy, his political career and what Thurmond would make of the present political climate. Buy the book here: http://us.macmillan.com/stromthurmondsamerica/JosephCrespino#buy-the-book -
Expert Conversations on Strom Thurmond
Expert Conversations is a new video series featuring Emory University faculty discussing his/her expertise. In this video, history professors Patrick Allitt and Joseph Crespino dive into the life of Strom Thurmond (the long-time senator from South Carolina), what he means to the Republican party, and where he'd fit in today. Crespino wrote a book on Thurmond called "Strom Thurmond's America." For more information on Crespino's book: http://bit.ly/stromthurmond
U.S. Sen. Rod Grams Washington Report: Guests U.S. Sen. Stom Thurmond and Sen. Robert Byrd
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- Updated: 09 Oct 2013
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U.S. Senator Rod Grams Washington Report: Guest U.S. Senators Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) and Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) on National Security. Gift fro...
U.S. Senator Rod Grams Washington Report: Guest U.S. Senators Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) and Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) on National Security. Gift from Rod Grams to Northwestern College of Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2012.
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U.S. Senator Rod Grams Washington Report: Guest U.S. Senators Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) and Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) on National Security. Gift from Rod Grams to Northwestern College of Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2012.
- published: 09 Oct 2013
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Strom Thurmond on liberals
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1978 Interview
"I think so far as liberalism goes, it depends. I mean, it's hard to find. A true liberal is to be admired. But the word "liberal" today, is one...
1978 Interview
"I think so far as liberalism goes, it depends. I mean, it's hard to find. A true liberal is to be admired. But the word "liberal" today, is one that believes in big government, the one that doesn't trust the people, you've got to have an almighty government here to protect him from the time he's born until he goes to his grave. Now I abhor that type of government. I believe in incentive, only putting restrictions 'round that you have to have, turn 'em loose and let 'em work hard, save, have something, have incentive to do things. And with all the laws we've got today restricting business, I don't see hardly how a business can operate, to tell you the truth. And I'm not for big business—the very reason I say that is because I'm for the working people and I think it's best for the working people to have these opportunities rather than putting restrictions around it that the federal government is doing. I think they've gone too far in that respect."
"There's something essentially un-American in the idea that I could not now open a bar in San Francisco that says, "Smokers Welcome." - Christopher Hitchens
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1978 Interview
"I think so far as liberalism goes, it depends. I mean, it's hard to find. A true liberal is to be admired. But the word "liberal" today, is one that believes in big government, the one that doesn't trust the people, you've got to have an almighty government here to protect him from the time he's born until he goes to his grave. Now I abhor that type of government. I believe in incentive, only putting restrictions 'round that you have to have, turn 'em loose and let 'em work hard, save, have something, have incentive to do things. And with all the laws we've got today restricting business, I don't see hardly how a business can operate, to tell you the truth. And I'm not for big business—the very reason I say that is because I'm for the working people and I think it's best for the working people to have these opportunities rather than putting restrictions around it that the federal government is doing. I think they've gone too far in that respect."
"There's something essentially un-American in the idea that I could not now open a bar in San Francisco that says, "Smokers Welcome." - Christopher Hitchens
- published: 15 Jul 2010
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Patch Video Interview: Prof. Joseph Crespino - Author of Strom Thurmond's America
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- Duration: 30:35
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
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South Carolina Patch Political Editor Shawn Drury talks to Prof. Joseph Crespino the author of Strom Thurmond's America. Prof. Crespino, who teaches History at ...
South Carolina Patch Political Editor Shawn Drury talks to Prof. Joseph Crespino the author of Strom Thurmond's America. Prof. Crespino, who teaches History at Emory University in Atlanta, discusses Sen. Thurmond's legacy, his political career and what Thurmond would make of the present political climate.
Buy the book here: http://us.macmillan.com/stromthurmondsamerica/JosephCrespino#buy-the-book
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South Carolina Patch Political Editor Shawn Drury talks to Prof. Joseph Crespino the author of Strom Thurmond's America. Prof. Crespino, who teaches History at Emory University in Atlanta, discusses Sen. Thurmond's legacy, his political career and what Thurmond would make of the present political climate.
Buy the book here: http://us.macmillan.com/stromthurmondsamerica/JosephCrespino#buy-the-book
- published: 14 Dec 2012
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Expert Conversations on Strom Thurmond
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- Duration: 6:01
- Updated: 13 Jul 2012
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Expert Conversations is a new video series featuring Emory University faculty discussing his/her expertise. In this video, history professors Patrick Allitt and...
Expert Conversations is a new video series featuring Emory University faculty discussing his/her expertise. In this video, history professors Patrick Allitt and Joseph Crespino dive into the life of Strom Thurmond (the long-time senator from South Carolina), what he means to the Republican party, and where he'd fit in today. Crespino wrote a book on Thurmond called "Strom Thurmond's America."
For more information on Crespino's book: http://bit.ly/stromthurmond
wn.com/Expert Conversations On Strom Thurmond
Expert Conversations is a new video series featuring Emory University faculty discussing his/her expertise. In this video, history professors Patrick Allitt and Joseph Crespino dive into the life of Strom Thurmond (the long-time senator from South Carolina), what he means to the Republican party, and where he'd fit in today. Crespino wrote a book on Thurmond called "Strom Thurmond's America."
For more information on Crespino's book: http://bit.ly/stromthurmond
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Strom Thurmond: Biography, Civil Rights, Political Career, Views, Filibuster, Segregation (1993)
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 -- June 26, 2003) was an American politician who se...
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Strom Thurmond's Mixed-Race Daughter Dies at 87
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Strom Thurmond speaking at UCLA 11/9/1970
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USA: 94 YEAR OLD STROM THURMOND BECOMES LONGEST SERVING SENATOR
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Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag
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Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag
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Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat Days: Newsreel
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Senator J. Strom Thurmond fights nomination of Abe Fortas 1968
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Oldest senator is 100 today
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Strom Thurmond
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U.S. Sen. Rod Grams Washington Report: Guests U.S. Sen. Stom Thurmond and Sen. Robert Byrd
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Strom Thurmond on liberals
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Patch Video Interview: Prof. Joseph Crespino - Author of Strom Thurmond's America
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In This Election, United We Stand and Divided We Fall Depends on Infrastructures
Edit WorldNews.com 04 Sep 2016
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In nations of great political and cultural diversity, favorable and useful infrastructures are always crucial to unify and subsequently allow economic growth - if not yet widespread and equitable development ... What’s more, which presidential candidate has the best plan for improving the nation’s infrastructures?. Underdeveloped or Well-Developed Infrastructures Determines Destiny ... Like Mr ... 9....
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Airport tiff highlights US-China value gap: Obama
Edit Deccan Herald 04 Sep 2016
A tarmac tiff between US and Chinese officials over media access highlighted the gap between views on human rights and press freedom, US President Barack Obama said today after the incident soured the start of a global summit. China's government minders gave American National Security Advisor Susan Rice and other US officials trouble over press access to the US leader's arrival in the eastern city of Hangzhou ... ....
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NAACP’s Barber: Trump Using Coded Language to Blame Black People for White Poverty
Edit Breitbart 04 Sep 2016
According to North Carolina NAACP President Rev ... “[Trump]’s not just speaking to suburban whites, he’s also speaking to whites particularly in the South who, for years since Strom Thurmond took the Dixiecrats to the Republican party, have used a kind of divisive politics to suggest that poor white’s problems are because of black people ... ....
Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise CD review – a worthy portrait
Edit The Guardian 04 Sep 2016Inside the US government’s secret war against John Lennon
Edit New York Post 03 Sep 2016
On March 1, 1972, the FBI had John Lennon and Yoko Ono in its sights ... Writes lawyer Leon Wildes. “I had never seen the government so determined to remove anyone from the United States.” ... 9, 1968.Photo. AP ... This made the federal government very nervous ... Strom Thurmond drafted a memo to US Attorney General John Mitchell, who oversaw the Immigration and Naturalization Service, spelling out the danger in Lennon’s new friendships ... ... AP ... ... ....
The Latest: Around 36,000 without power in southeast Georgia
Edit The Washington Times 03 Sep 2016
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The Latest on the southeast area of Georgia recuperating after Tropical Strom Hermine. (all times local).. ___. 10.30 a.m. Georgia Power reports around 36,000 customers are still without power in the southeast Georgia after Tropical Storm Hermine. Spokesman Jacob Hawkins said Saturday there are about 200,000 ... ....
Letter to the Editor: Modern Republican Party has alienated African-American voters
Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 03 Sep 2016
At that signing, President Lyndon B. Johnson supposedly told an aide. “We (Democrats) have lost the South for a generation.” ... The election of Franklin D ... U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, the 1964 Republican presidential nominee who voted against the act and key Southern Democrats like Strom Thurman and Jesse Helms, who also opposed the act, switched party affiliation and began working to remake the party appeal to Southern whites....
UH soccer wins fourth straight
Edit Star Advertiser 02 Sep 2016
The Hawaii soccer team remained unbeaten with a 2-0 victory over Idaho tonight at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium ... Raisa Strom-Okimoto converted the PK for her team-high third goal of the season. Then, just after the opening tap on resumption of play, Strom-Okimoto slotted a through ball ahead to Kellsie Gleason, who lobbed her first goal of the season up and over the goalkeeper for Idaho (1-2-1) ... ....
UH extends streak to 4 with win over Idaho
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The Hawaii soccer team continues to find ways to prevail at home ... “It’s just our game-planning this season,” said sophomore Raisa Strom-Okimoto, who scored UH’s first goal on a penalty kick and assisted on the second to Kellsie Gleason ... Strom-Okimoto improved to 2-for-2 on PKs this season, raising her team-high goal count to three by going low and right to slip it past Idaho keeper Torell Stewart ... today....
NICC Recognizing Outstanding Alumni and Retireess in October, November Ceremonies (NICC - Northeast Iowa Community College)
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(Source. NICC - Northeast Iowa Community College) ... Kenneth J ... Peosta Campus Inductee Mary Strom, continuing education division at NICC from 1978 - 2002. During her tenure at the College, Strom expanded health care education programming for the continuing education division and pioneered an expansion of General Education Development (GED) and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction for underserved populations in northeast Iowa ... ###....
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... New episodes will be released every Thursday (or so) and TWiM is co-hosted by Marvel VP & Executive Editor of Digital Media Ryan 'Agent M' Penagos and Marvel Editorial Director of Digital Media Ben Morse, along with Marvel.com Editor Marc Strom, Marvel.com Assistant Editor Patrick Cavanaugh, and Manager of Video & Content Production Blake Garris....
Monmouth County encourages you to prepare, plan and stay informed (Monmouth County, NJ)
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(Source. Monmouth County, NJ). For Immediate Release.. September 2, 2016. Monmouth County encourages you. to prepare, plan and stay informed. Tropical Strom Hermine will bring rain and likely impact coastal towns make your plans now. FREEHOLD, NJ - Monmouth County's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Hermine and her unfortunate impact on the Labor Day forecast ... Steps that residents should take are....
The Latest: Pecan tree toppled by storm pierces roof of home
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ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on Hermine (all times local).. ___. 5 p.m. Emergency crews in Savannah remain busy responding to damage after Tropical Strom Hermine swept through the area. Officials say the 911 dispatch center has received more than 2,400 calls for service on Friday. Another 300 calls came thought the city's non-emergency service center. Heavy rain and winds up to 60 mph caused downed trees and power lines ... ___. 1 p.m ... He said ... ___....
Gov. Scott: As Tropical Storm Hermine Approaches Florida, Residents Must Be Prepared (The Office of the Governor of the State of Florida)
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(Source. The Office of the Governor of the State of Florida). New Executive Order Issued to Include 51 Florida Counties. TALLAHASSEE, Fla ... Tomorrow, Governor Scott will monitor Tropical Strom Hermine from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee ... With Tropical Strom Hermine expected to impact Florida tomorrow afternoon, it is critically important for residents along the Gulf Coast and Big Bend to prepare and have a plan ... ***....
08/31/16 - GOV. SCOTT: AS TROPICAL STORM HERMINE APPROACHES FLORIDA, RESIDENTS MUST BE PREPARED (DEM - Florida Division of Emergency Management)
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(Source. DEM - Florida Division of Emergency Management). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. August 31, 2016. CONTACT. GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICE. (850) 717-9282 ... Tomorrow, Governor Scott will monitor Tropical Strom Hermine from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee ... With Tropical Strom Hermine expected to impact Florida tomorrow afternoon, it is critically important for residents along the Gulf Coast and Big Bend to prepare and have a plan....
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