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29 de may. de 2018 · Thurmond, Strom 1902 – 2003. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Strom Thurmond was born James Strom Thurmond on December 5, 1902, in Edgefield, South Carolina.He was one of six children born to John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude Strom. Thurmond ’ s father was a lawyer, farmer, community leader, and former South Carolina state senator. Strom followed in his father ’ s footsteps by acquiring a self ...
Thurmond co-wrote the first version of the Southern Manifesto, stating disagreement with the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, that desegregated public schools. He was part of the group of Southern senators who shared a commonality of being dispirited with Brown v.Board of Education. In early 1956, he resigned from the Senate, keeping the promise he made two years ...
26 de jun. de 2003 · Born Dec. 5, 1902, in Edgefield, S.C., James Strom Thurmond -- Strom was his mother's maiden name -- was elected county school superintendent, state senator and circuit judge before enlisting in ...
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (n. 5 decembrie 1902, Edgefield (d), Carolina de Sud, SUA – d. 26 iunie 2003, Edgefield (d), Carolina de Sud, SUA) a fost un politician american, ofițer și avocat care a reprezentat Carolina de Sud în Senatul Statelor Unite între 1954 și 2003. Înainte să devină senator pentru următorii 48 de ani, a ...
James Strom Thurmond was born on December 5, 1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina, the son of John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude Strom. He attended Clemson College (now Clemson University), where he was a member of ΠΚΑ, graduating in 1923 with a degree in horticulture. He was a farmer, teacher and athletic coach until 1929, when he ...
5 de may. de 2019 · James Strom Thurmond was born December 5, 1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina. His father was an attorney and prosecutor who was also deeply involved in state politics. Thurmond graduated from Clemson University in 1923 and worked in local schools as an athletic coach and teacher. Thurmond became Edgefield County's director of education in 1929.
27 de jun. de 2003 · Strom Thurmond, a maverick Dixiecrat-turned-Republican who led the longest single filibuster in U.S. history and served in the U.S. Senate nearly 50 years, died late Thursday at the age of 100.
