Strom : the complicated personal and political life of Strom Thurmond /
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| Author / Creator: | Bass, Jack. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Public Affairs, c2005. |
| Description: | xvi, 415 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6096315 |
| Summary: | In Strom , Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson deliver a remarkable look at the life of a remarkable -- and complicated -- politician. First elected to public office in 1929, Strom Thurmond was a pivotal figure in the nation's politics for more than seven decades particularly when it came to issues of race: the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948, originator of the 1956 "Southern Manifesto" against the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, holder of the record for a Senate filibuster for his opposition to the 1957 Civil Rights Bill. Yet as a young man Thurmond had secretly fathered a daughter with the family's black maid, and quietly supported her through college and beyond.<br> An intense public examination of Thurmond's legacy began when he left the Senate at age 100, continued when he passed away soon after and only grew when Essie Mae Washington-Williams announced in December 2003 that she was the senator's long-rumored black daughter. <br> Bass and Thompson know Strom better than anyone. They both covered him for years and broke the big stories. In Strom , they tell us a great deal about power and politics in our nation and race's twisted roots in the 20th century South. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 415 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-392) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1586482971 9781586482978 |
