Walter Plecker, Racial Classification, and the Politics of Identity in Virginia
Introduction History is shaped not only by wars, elections, and famous speeches but also by the decisions of government officials whose actions affect the daily lives of ordinary people. One such figure was Walter Ashby Plecker, Virginia’s first registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, who served from 1912 to 1946. During the first half
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