Another oak falls.
Posted by Slobokan @ 11:13 pm · 179 words · print
In what appears to be yet another coincidental “passing of three”,
Strom Thurmond, the South Carolina legend who dominated state politics for more than 50 years, died at 9:45 p.m. Thursday at Edgefield County Hospital.
“Surrounded by family, my father was resting comfortably, without pain, and in total peace,” Strom Thurmond Jr. said in a statement issued on the family’s behalf.
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His 1948 presidential campaign was launched to protest the national Democratic Party?s civil rights plank. His record filibuster in 1957 was an attempt to kill part of a civil rights bill. In the 1950s and 1960s, he condemned nearly all court rulings and congressional proposals that extended civil rights to African-Americans.
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But many black and white people credit Thurmond for changing his views on racial issues. He became the first Southern member of Congress to appoint a black person to his professional staff. He voted for the Voting Rights Act of 1982. And he was honored in 1995 by the presidents of historically black colleges and universities for his support of those schools.
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