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Essie Mae Washington-Williams reveals her close, secret relationship with Strom Thurmond in her memoir Dear Senator.
Essie Mae Washington-Williams is used to keeping secrets. At 16, she learned from her black mother that her father was segregationist Strom Thurmond. In her new memoir, Dear Senator, she reveals her close, yet secret, relationship with the late South Carolina senator.
Busy Weekend
Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer for The New Yorker, recently returned from Iraq, assesses Iraq's readiness for elections.
ยป A New Yorker Q&A with Jon Lee Anderson
ยป A New Yorker Q&A with Jon Lee Anderson
Open Phones
Middle Eastern callers discuss the upcoming Iraqi elections
Come What Mae
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, author of Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond (Regan Books, 2005), on growing up the black daughter of a famous segregationist
White Boy Learns Spanish
Nelson Antonio Denis, writer/director of "Vote for Me!" and former NYS, teaches Brian Spanish.
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