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'''James Strom Thurmond''' (1902-2003) was an [[United States]] [[Senate|Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years.  He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to 2003 as a [[Republican]].  

'''James Strom Thurmond''' (1902-2003) was an [[United States]] [[Senate|Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years.  He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to 2003 as a [[Republican]].  

In the late 1940s, Strom Thurmond was a [[liberal]]. <ref>http://www.kevinbaker.info/c_wtm.html What Trent Meant], Kevin Baker.</ref> As Governor of South Carolina, Thurmond said on a radio broadcast,

In the late 1940s, Strom Thurmond was a [[liberal]]. <ref>[http://www.kevinbaker.info/c_wtm.html What Trent Meant], Kevin Baker.</ref> As Governor of South Carolina, Thurmond said on a radio broadcast,

{{Cquote|We need a progressive outlook, a progressive program and a progressive leadership}}

{{Cquote|We need a progressive outlook, a progressive program and a progressive leadership}}

{{Cquote|equal rights for women in every respect...equal pay for equal work for women.}}

{{Cquote|equal rights for women in every respect...equal pay for equal work for women.}}

Thurmond as a Democrat had been a supporter of [[segregation]], and like many New Dealers by the 1960s were disenchanted with the [[Great Society]] and changed parties. At Thurmond's one hundredth birthday party, Senate Majority Leader [[Trent Lott]] stated that things would have been a lot better if Thurmond had been elected president when he ran. This eventually caused Lott to resign his position as Majority Leader, as Thurmond had run on a pro-segregation platform.

Thurmond as a Democrat had been a supporter of [[segregation]] and ran for President on the breakaway [[Dixiecrat]] platform in 1948. Like many New Dealers, Thurmand by the 1960s was disenchanted with the [[Great Society]] and changed parties. At Thurmond's one hundredth birthday party, Senate Majority Leader [[Trent Lott]] stated if Thurmond had been elected in the early days of the [[Cold War]] "we wouldn't have had these problems all these years." Liberals were in an uproar, and suggested some racial motivation behind Lott's comments This eventually caused Lott to resign his position as Majority Leader, as Thurmond had run on a segregationist platform. However after Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with an [[African American]] woman. Thurmond had never abandoned the child, and his now 71 year old daughter spoke affectionately of her loving father.

 

After Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with an [[African American]] woman.

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