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Plains Baptist ends race barrier vote in Plains Georgia
President elect Jimmy Carter cited no pressure during a two and a half hour meeting as Plains Baptist Church voted to end racial barriers. The church welcomed all to worship and kept Pastor Bruce Edwards, establishing a screening committee to assess sincerity of prospective members. Reporter crowds waited in rain outside as civil rights activist Clennon King observed, calling the outcome wonderful. Billings born in Langnor England died in the same cornfield 112 years later.
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Carter
Bruce Edwards
Clennon King
Albany, Ga
William Billings
Langnor
England