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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, Thurmond 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. | 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, Thurmond 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. | ||
| − | After Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with an [[African American]] woman. The woman he fathered the child with was a | + | After Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with an [[African American]] woman. The woman he fathered the child with was a maid in the Thurmond family household. Thurmond and the child did not meet until she was 16 years old and she was unaware of the fact he was her father until that time. After that meeting, Thurmond did take more interest in her life and provided her with financial help. His now 71 year old daughter has spoke affectionately of her father. |
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Revision as of 18:22, August 15, 2007
James Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) was an United States 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. He is the only senator in US history to have been elected by write-in vote.
In the late 1940s, Strom Thurmond was a liberal. [1] As Governor of South Carolina, Thurmond said on a radio broadcast,
| “ | We need a progressive outlook, a progressive program and a progressive leadership | ” |
In his inaugural address as Governor Thurmond not only called for abolishing the poll tax, but also advocated expanding workmen’s compensation laws, and better working conditions in plants and factories. He repeated his call for better public education, and told his constituents that
| “ | more attention should be given to Negro education. | ” |
Thurmand also was a pioneer as a Democrat for feminism and the women's movement. He also demanded in his inagural
| “ | 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 ran for President on the breakaway Dixiecrat platform in 1948. Like many New Dealers, Thurmond 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.
After Thurmond's death, it was revealed that he had fathered a child with an African American woman. The woman he fathered the child with was a maid in the Thurmond family household. Thurmond and the child did not meet until she was 16 years old and she was unaware of the fact he was her father until that time. After that meeting, Thurmond did take more interest in her life and provided her with financial help. His now 71 year old daughter has spoke affectionately of her father.
References
- ↑ What Trent Meant, Kevin Baker.