Al Sharpton's ancestors were slaves owned by Strom Thurmond's relatives

Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton's great-grandfather was a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported. Genealogists working at The Daily News' behest recently uncovered the ancestral ties between one of the nation's best known black leaders and a man who was once a prominent defender of segregation.

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