26 Feb 2007
Al Sharpton’s Genealogy Connected to Strom Thurmond
Al Sharpton, Genealogy, History, Slavery, Strom Thurmond
Fox News reports:
The professional genealogists, who work for Ancestry.com, found that Sharpton’s great-grandfather, Coleman Sharpton, was a slave owned by Julia Thurmond, whose grandfather was Strom Thurmond’s great-great-grandfather. Coleman Sharpton was later freed.
It’s a small world after all.