![]() ![]() Did he pay to keep her quiet? I think it was more complex than that.“īass described Washington-Williams as a reserved, church-going person who took good care of her children - Thurmond’s grandchildren. “It was a very complex relationship,“ Bass said. ![]() In 2004, Washington-Williams’ name was etched on the statue honoring Thurmond on the State House grounds alongside the names of the senator’s other four children.Ĭharleston journalist Jack Bass, who co-wrote the Thurmond biography “Ol Strom,“ said he doesn’t think Washington-Williams ever held hard feelings toward Thurmond. Washington-Williams also penned a memoir about her life called “Dear Senator.“ Essie Mae Washington-Williams is the daughter of the late. The 2003 public announcement brought to a close the decades-old rumor that Thurmond, who ran for United States president in 1948 on the segregationist States’ Rights Democratic Party platform, had fathered a child with a black woman. 'Dear Senator' tells the story of Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who learned she was Sen. Washington-Williams previously had explained her relation to Thurmond to her children, to help them understand their past, she said. ![]()
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