Former Head of Bureau of Vital Statistics in New Orleans, Naomi Drake, changed the race on thousands of birth certs from "white" to black" from 1949-1965 in her quest to "catch" anyone with Black heritage Submitted by DeLaGrandTerre t3_ykjcio on November 2, 2022 at 10:11 PM in history 6 comments 42
Juicepig21 t1_iuvzwii wrote on November 3, 2022 at 12:56 PM That's absolutely nuts. Thank you for sharing. Permalink 3 DeLaGrandTerre OP t1_iuw89bs wrote on November 3, 2022 at 2:00 PM That's how I felt. I had never heard of this story before. Permalink Parent 2
DeLaGrandTerre OP t1_iuw89bs wrote on November 3, 2022 at 2:00 PM That's how I felt. I had never heard of this story before. Permalink Parent 2
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