Essie Mae Washington-Williams

Memoirist

Essie Mae Washington-Williams was born in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States on October 12th, 1925 and is the Memoirist. At the age of 87, Essie Mae Washington-Williams biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

Date of Birth
October 12, 1925
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Death Date
Feb 4, 2013 (age 87)
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Profession
Autobiographer, Teacher, Writer
Essie Mae Washington-Williams Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

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Essie Mae Washington-Williams Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Education
South Carolina State College, California State University, Los Angeles (B.A.), University of Southern California (M.Ed.)
Essie Mae Washington-Williams Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Julius T. Williams, ​ ​(m. 1948; died 1964)​
Children
4
Dating / Affair
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Parents
Strom Thurmond, Carrie Butler
Siblings
James Strom Thurmond Jr. (half-brother), Paul Thurmond (half-brother)
Essie Mae Washington-Williams Career

During the late 1950s and 1960s, the years of national activism in the civil rights movement, Washington occasionally tried to discuss racism with Thurmond, who was known for his long-time political support for segregation, but he brushed off her complaints about segregated facilities. Nevertheless, Washington-Williams felt that she made a significant impact on Thurmond during their private conversations on race and race relations and that Thurmond's policies towards African Americans were affected as a result. In 1976, for example, Thurmond nominated Matthew J. Perry, whom Essie Mae dated in 1947 shortly before she met her husband, to the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Thurmond became the first Southern senator to nominate an African American for a federal judgeship.: 198  Following the death of her husband in 1964, Washington moved again to Los Angeles, California, where she completed her undergraduate studies to receive a bachelor's degree from California State University, Los Angeles in 1969: 187  and earned a master's degree in education at the University of Southern California, She had a 30-year career as a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District from 1967 through 1997. She was a longtime member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, which she joined while at South Carolina State.

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