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Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:01:33 -0400
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Don't know why I do that. I habitually confuse Montgomery with  
Birmingham and should know better, a form of intellectual dyslexia?

James Brothers, RPA
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On Jun 26, 2007, at 16:47, Jean Spradlin-Miller wrote:

> I admit that I am one of those who demonize Plecker.  We demonize  
> him because he conveniently puts a human face on the racism that  
> was going on in Virginia during the 20th Century.  He was an  
> authority figure, and someone who used his power to do many  
> terrible things, not only to Native Americans, but to African  
> Americans as well.  My grandmother and her family were some of  
> those who were afraid to admit that they were Indian because of  
> Plecker.
>
> Just a note to James about his previous e-mail.  Rosa Parks made  
> her stand in Montgomery, AL, not Birmingham, AL.  Just wanted to  
> get the facts straight!
>
> Jean Spradlin-Miller
> Birmingham, AL

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