Monday's statement from the Thurmond family reads: "As J. Strom Thurmond has passed away and cannot speak for himself, the Thurmond family acknowledges Ms. Essie Mae Washington-Williams' claim to ...

The record for speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate once held by South Carolina U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond was broken ...

Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for ... hours against the civil rights movement had fathered a ...

Monday's statement from the Thurmond family reads: "As J. Strom Thurmond has passed away and cannot speak for himself, the Thurmond family acknowledges Ms. Essie Mae Washington-Williams' claim to ...