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2 days ago · The 1948 United States presidential election was the 41st quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948. In one of the greatest election upsets in American history, [2] [3] [4] incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party ...
1 day ago · The reservoir created by the dam, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, is a popular destination for fishing, boating, and other water-based activities. The dam has played a significant role in the economic development of the region, providing affordable electricity and attracting tourism.
13 hours ago · As for our habit of processing Blackness as foundational — much as Strom Thurmond did — it will be ever more absurd as the races mix further over the coming generations. On this custom ...
2 days ago · He also promised Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina he would appoint Supreme Court justices who supported states' rights and would thus slow desegregation in the South.
2 days ago · With the aid of Harry Dent and South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who had switched to the Republican Party in 1964, Nixon ran his 1968 campaign on states' rights and "law and order". As a key component of this strategy, he selected as his running mate Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew.
4 days ago · A History of the African-American People (proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as told to Percival Everett and James Kincaid (2004), is an epistolary novel that chronicles the characters Percival Everett and James Kincaid as they work with US Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC) (occasionally) and his aide's crazy assistant, Barton Wilkes. The latter orders ...
5 days ago · Daddy say, 'You sound just like that redneck Senator Strom Thurmond.'" In explaining why she wrote this book, Kathya Alexander said her purpose is "to make people aware of all those ordinary men and women who worked at the local level to make the Civil Rights Movement a success.
