 Abrams' incensed parents soon had him regretting his words with a tongue lashing, and they were eventually allowed into the reception. But that moment from 1991 would be seared in her memory. She didn't recall meeting then-Governor Zell Miller that day or celebrating with other elite high school students from across Georgia. What she did remember was that an agent of the state attempted to block her entry to the governor's mansion by insisting that she didn't belong there.