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Must remember, do not forget.

Remind me to bring photo ID.

Reminder set.

Babe, can you make sure I don't forget my photo ID when I vote?

All right, love.

However you remember, you'll need photo ID to vote in the elections in England on the 7th of May.

Find out more at electoral commission.org.uket slash voter ID.

December 17, 2003.

A 78-year-old black woman walks up to a podium in Washington, D.C., and

she says five words that will rewrite the legacy of one of the most powerful segregationists

in American history. We'll get to those five words in a moment. But first, you need to understand the man she was talking about.

That man was Strom Thurman. He served in the United States Senate for 49 years.

He once ran for President of the United States on a platform that called for the permanent legal separation of black and white Americans.

He once stood on the Senate floor for 24 hours and 18 minutes, the longest filibuster in history

to that point to stop black Americans from being able to vote.

He is, by any measure, one of the most effective segregationists

the 20th century produced. That woman at the podium? Essie Mae Washington Williams. And in December

2003, she walked up to that microphone and said, my father was Senator Strom Thurman. The most famous segregationist

in American history had a black daughter, a daughter he acknowledged privately, supported

financially, and hid from the world for 78 years. This is that story. I'm Andre and this is redacted history.

My name is Essie Mae Washington Williams. My mother, who is now deceased, was named

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