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By now you all know the story of Al Sharpton possibly being related to Senator Strom Thurmond by way of his great-grandfather who was a slave owned by one of Thumond's ancestors.
This story is just to funny to pass on especially since Thurmond was a segregationist and Sharpton is always calling for racial equality. Sharpton wants a DNA test done to see if this could be possible.
Strom Thurmond, of South Carolina, was once considered an icon of racial segregation. During his 1948 bid for president he promised to preserve segregation, and in 1957 he filibustered for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill.
But Thurmond was seen as softening his stance later in his long life. He died in 2003, at 100. One of the longest-serving senators in history, he was originally a Democrat but became a Republican in 1964.
His children have confirmed that he fathered a biracial daughter. Essie Mae Washington-Williams' mother was a housekeeper in the home of Thurmond's parents.
Sharpton said that he met Thurmond once back in 1991 and that the meeting was awkward.
"I was not happy to meet him because what he had done all his life," Sharpton said.
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