Article: New York Daily News and Ancestry.com Trace Reverend Al Sharpton's Roots to Ancestors of the Late Senator Strom Thurmond.

Article: Lightning Rod: Five takes on black activist Al Sharpton and ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 27, 2007 ;     488 words ... ... time segregationist U.S. senator, the late Strom Thurmond. The New York Daily News reported the news on Sunday. Sharpton later ... t it be awesome if Al Sharpton is the heir to Strom Thurmond? OK, it's almost impossible, they're probably ...

Article: Slavery ties Sharpton to Strom Thurmond
Post-Tribune (IN);  February 26, 2007 ;     486 words ... ... by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Daily News said professional genealogists ... Thurmond, whose grandfather was Strom Thurmond's great-great-grandfather ...

Article: Sharpton shocked by link to rights foe; Genealogists traced his ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, once a symbol ... week through the Daily News, which asked ... grandfather was Strom Thurmond's great-great ... com contacted a Daily News reporter who ... death records. Strom Thurmond, of South Carolina ...

Article: RACE & RELATIONS ; Slaves and masters ++ One was an ardent ...
The Independent - London;  February 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... and the other is Strom Thurmond, the late senator ... reporter for the New York Daily News approached researchers ... great-grandfather of Strom Thurmond, who died in June ... Country" and where Strom Thurmond was born and died ...

Article: On his birthday: A tribute to Sen. Strom Thurmond
The Officer;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... United States Senate, said of Sen. Strom Thurmond, "[He] is an institution within ... contribution, the bill was named the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Bill ... be duplicated in American history. Strom Thurmond was elected to the Senate on 2 November ...

Transcript: Interview: Nadine Cohodas discusses the political life of ...
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Cohodas discusses the political life of Strom Thurmond Host: STEVE INSKEEP Time: 8:00 ... INSKEEP, host: South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond turns 100 years old this week. One ... Soundbite of vintage tape) Mr. STROM THURMOND: We are fighting for state sovereignty ...

Transcript: Strom Thurmond at 93 - Too Old to Seek ...
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR);  June 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Senator Strom Thurmond has quite a campaign ahead of ... Ninety-three-year-old Strom Thurmond, already the oldest person to ... Reporter: At 93 years old, Strom Thurmond is doing what he's done every ...