Strom Thurmond about series. 1946-2002.

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Strom Thurmond about series. 1946-2002.

Series consists of magazine and lengthy newspaper articles, too long for the scrapbooks, "about" Thurmond. Also includes articles on Thurmond's two wives, Jean Crouch and Nancy Moore; on Charles "Pug" Ravenel, Thurmond's opponent in the 1978 senatorial campaign; and issues such as the states' rights movement and the 1977 Panama Canal treaties. Rich in general historical and biographical information on most aspects of Thurmond's career.

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Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003

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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American military officer and politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate on a States' rights platform supporting racial segregation. He received 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes, failing to defeat Harry Truman. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Southern De...

Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938-

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Born in Charleston, S.C., Charles "Pug" Ravenel, acquired his nickname after breaking his nose twice while playing baseball; attended Bishop England High School (Charleston, S.C.) and Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.); graduated from Harvard University in 1961, was named First Marshal (President) of his class; earned his MBA in 1964 from Harvard Business School and worked in New York for a Wall Street investment banking firm. In 1972 Ravenel returned to Charleston, S.C., wh...

Thurmond, Jean Crouch.

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Thurmond, Nancy Moore

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