Walter ashby plecker biography of william hill
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Walter Plecker
American physician, eugenicist, and white supremacist activist (1861–1947)
Walter Plecker | |
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Walter Plecker at the Bureau of Vital Statistics in 1935 | |
| In office 1912–1946 | |
| Born | (1861-04-02)April 2, 1861 Augusta County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | August 2, 1947(1947-08-02) (aged 86) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Walter Ashby Plecker (April 2, 1861 – August 2, 1947) was an American physician and public health advocate who was the first registrar of Virginia's Bureau of Vital Statistics, serving from 1912 to 1946.
Walter ashby plecker biography of william hill
He was a leader of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America, a white supremacist organization founded in Richmond, Virginia, in 1922. A eugenicist and proponent of scientific racism, Plecker drafted and lobbied for the passage of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 by the Virginia legislature; it institutionalized the one-drop rule.
Plecker was killed after being struck by a car in 1947.
Early life and education
Plecker was born in August