Re: A.A.P.C. FOLKLORE, Part Forty-Five

> NancyGene wrote:
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>> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Brian Mallard's grandfather was Chief of Police in Plains Georgia when Jimmy Carter was a farmer there. They definitely knew each other.
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> https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0906-berman-carter-civil-rights-20150906-story.html
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> From George Dance's Trusted Source and Only Friend:
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> "The specific individual's name is not recorded by name in Jimmy Carter’s memoirs or general historical accounts detailing the 1954 incident when the local chief of police and a Baptist minister visited Carter's peanut warehouse to pressure him to join the White Citizens' Council.
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> Historical Context:
> The Encounter: In 1954, shortly after Jimmy Carter returned to Plains to run his family's farm and peanut business following his father's death, the town's chief of police accompanied a local Baptist minister to his warehouse.
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> The Demand: They attempted to force or pressure Carter into joining the segregationist White Citizens' Council, noting he was the only white man in town who had not yet signed up.
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> The Refusal: Carter famously rebuffed them, stating he would rather flush five dollars down the toilet than pay dues to the organization."
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Wow, I'll have to ask Brian and Walter Mallsrd about that when I see them again, the timeline looks very close to when their grandfather was Chief of Police, although he might have had the position later than that.

A Google search of" Mallard" + "Plains, GA" might bring up some information. 


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