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Strom Thurmond's mixed-race daughter dies at 87
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his political career, has died. She was 87.
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Strom Thurmond's mixed-race daughter dies at 87
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his political career, has died. She was 87.
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