Monday, December 13, 2004

Boston.com / News / Nation / Washington / A hidden daughter speaks: "The daughter of the longtime champion of segregation and his family's black maid has refrained from speaking publicly since she disclosed the secret of her birth. That was a year ago, six months after Thurmond's death."

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"He once said, "There's not enough troops in the Army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the Negro race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes, and into our churches."

Washington-Williams writes, "I wasn't sure if this was my father talking or the ghost of Adolf Hitler.""

(Via Boston Globe.)