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Mae WilliamsEssie Mae Washington-Williams Essie Mae Washington-Williams American school teacher and writer (1925–2013) Essie Mae Washington-Williams (née Butler; October 12, 1925 – February 4, 2013) was an American teacher and author. She was the eldest child of Strom Thurmond, governor of South Carolina and longtime United States senator known for his pro-segregation politics and for completing the longest single-person Senate speech in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, until this record was broken in 2025 by Cory Booker.[1][2] Of mixed race, she was born to Carrie Butler, a 16-year-old African-American girl who worked as a domestic servant for Thurmond's parents, and Thurmond, then 22 and unmarried. Essie Mae grew up in the family of one of her mother's sisters,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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