(Left photo) Despite more modest beginnings in Bamberg, S.C., Nikki Haley's parents eventually moved into this larger home, which they sold in 2002, according to local property records. "She ended up winning, and she hasn't slowed down." "I don't write many letters to the editor but I had to respond to that, and I said, 'Well you obviously don't know them,'" she said of how she responded to that hate incident. In 2010, when Haley was running for governor of South Carolina, a Republican state senator who was an ally of one her primary opponents used a racist slur to refer to Haley, alluding to her parents' Sikh faith.Ĭoker says despite that "really insulting" incident, Haley pressed forward. She says Haley's race was never a significant issue, and the family was well-regarded: "You know, by the time you're in school as elementary-age kids, everybody just all gets along." I'm different I don't fit in," said Sharon Carter, the Bamberg County Republican Party chairwoman.Ĭarter grew up in Bamberg around the same time as Haley. "I mean, that kind of thing would say, 'Well, now it's crystal clear. After that, the town integrated its pageants and many other social activities. In her life and her political career, Haley has at times been targeted for her race.Īt age 5, Haley was asked, mid-competition, to bow out of the Little Miss Bamberg beauty pageant – which had separate awards for Black children and white children – because they had no category for her, she told the New York Times Magazine in a 2011 interview. ![]() "It's a lot easier for some than others." Slights and racist insults "Yes, there are so many opportunities and we can all make it," Stokes says. Stokes, 60, is a retired schoolteacher from Bamberg. Afterwards, she entered the race for president and challenged Donald Trump.Lisa B. She accepted Trump’s invitation to serve as his ambassador to the UN, and after a short time, she resigned amicably. She urged the Confederate flag be taken down from a memorial honouring CSA troops in front of the capitol in 2015 after Dylann Roof’s murder of nine Black people in Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church. She decided to enter the 2010 governor’s race. ![]() She challenged the South Carolina House of Representatives incumbent with the longest term in 2004. Rena, her daughter, was conceived in 1998. ![]() ![]() They tied the knot in 1996 and adopted Christianity. He decided to go by Michael after her influence. She initially met Bill Haley, her husband-to-be, during her first weekend at college. She earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1994. She was re-elected in 2014 and continued to serve as governor until her appointment as the United States’ Permanent Representative to the UN in January of 2017.ĭue to a scholarship, she was able to attend Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, where she studied textile management. She also increased equity in education funding for schools in the state’s poorest neighborhoods. The biggest education reform in South Carolina in decades was also brought about by Governor Haley, who prioritized reading in the early grades and outfitted classrooms with the newest technology. She also handled South Carolina’s emergency response during a number of natural disasters, including a catastrophic flood and other storms that caused significant damage, aiding South Carolinians in surviving and recovering. When Governor Haley served as the state’s commander in chief, she guided the state through some of its most trying times, bringing the community together after a racially motivated church shooting, implementing change after a white police officer shot an innocent black victim, and providing solace after a tragic school shooting.
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