Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond Brenda Renia Gilsinger the Hudson River uniquely connects

the Hudson River uniquely connects America's past with its present and future

By exploring the causes and the destructive effects of excess

With each bean sprout and cucumber blossom the residents of Gibs Street find hope and meaning in their little green paradise

Drawing on the vast experience of the L'Arche community that fully includes and centers those with intellectual disabilities

knowing there was no shame in the work itself

Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond Brenda Renia Gilsinger the Hudson River uniquely connectsBreaking nearly eight decades of silence, Essie Mae Washington Williams comes forward with a story of unique historical magnitude and incredible human drama. Her father, the late Strom Thurmond, was once the nation's leading voice for racial segregation (one of his signature political achievements was his 24 hour filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, done in the name of saving the South from mongrelization). Her mother, however, was a black