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Ken Cummins was an investigative reporter and contributing editor of City Paper in Washington D.C. when this story was first published in 1996. If someone passed along to you make sure you visit the Free Sign Up page. Don't miss anything! You can read any past issue of The Black Commentator in its entirety by going to the Past Issues page.

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Strom Thurmond’s Black Daughter

By Ken Cummins

The Black Commentator views the article reprinted below, written in 1996, as an intriguing, many-layered piece of sociology. We believe the story speaks as much to conditions and behaviors in the Black community of an earlier era, as it does to the insane world of white racists. The article is also posted at http://www.thoughtcrimes.org/. Strom’s…

The Black Commentator views the article reprinted below, written in 1996, as an intriguing, many-layered piece of sociology. We believe the story speaks as much to…

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