Category: Law

  • Anti-Miscegenation Laws in the United States Duke Bar Journal (Duke Law Journal) Volume 1, Issue 1 (1951) pages 26-41 James R. Browning (1918-2012) The word “miscegenation” is not included in the everyday vocabulary of a large part of our citizenry, but there are nonetheless laws in twenty-nine states prohibiting miscegenation. Etymologically, the term means intermarriage…

  • The Origins and Authors of the Code Noir Louisiana Law Review Volume 56, Number 2 (Winter 1996) pages 363-407 Vernon Valentine Palmer, Thomas Pickles Professor of Law Tulane University, New Orleans I. Introduction The Code Noir marked France’s historic rendezvous with slavery in the Americas. It was one of the most important codes in the…

  • Japanese Officer Slain San Francisco Call Volume 113, Number 107 1913-03-17 page 3, column 4 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection Los Angeles Half-caste Policeman Is Murdered in “Little Tokyo” LOS ANGELES, March 16.—Tom Fushiyama White, a half-caste Japanese, who had been connected with the Los Angeles police force for half a dozen years, was found…

  • Mingling of Races Becoming Too Common Stark County Democrat 1902-02-18 (Weekly Edition) page 3, columns 4-5 Source: Library of Congress: Chronicling America Staff Correspondent Ohio Legislator Will Introduce a New Law Against Miscegenation–More Canal Legislation Is Proposed Columbus. Feb. 17.—A bill which will prevent miscegenation will shortly be introduced in the legislature by Representative Denune,…

  • The Color Question Like Banquo’s Ghost The Indianapolis Recorder: A Weekly Newspaper Devoted the to Best Interest of the Negroes Saturday, 1910-05-07 page 1, column 3 Source: Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis: University Library: Program of Digital Scholarship There Is Virtue In Being a Full Blood Negro—Louisiana Supreme Court Makes Important Ruling. According to a decision…

  • A large and representative audience was present at the recent meeting of the Boston Literary and Historical association to hear an address by John C. Minkins, editor of the Providence (R. I.) Evening News, on miscegenation and the fight for race purity.

  • Daniel J. Sharfstein. The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White. New York: Penguin Press, 2011. 415 pp. Hardcover ISBN: 9781594202827. Steven F. Riley 2011-02-28 “This is the decade of Tiger Woods and Barack Obama, where we talked about race combinations,” Robert Groves, director of the federal agency, said…

  • François Hollande’s misguided move: taking ‘race’ out of the constitution The Guardian 2013-02-12 Alana Lentin, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis University of Western Sydney Valérie Amiraux, Professor of Sociology University of Montreal Not talking about races does not lead naturally to the demise of ‘race thinking’ – it just obscures the persistent inequalities…

  • Recent Decisions: Constitutional Law: Miscegenation Laws Marquette Law Review Volume 48, Issue 4 (Spring 1965) pages 616-620 C. Michael Conter Constitutional Law: Miscegenation Laws: The defendants were convicted under section 798.05 of the Florida statutes, which prohibited nighttime cohabitation of the same room by a Negro and a white of different sexes. On appeal, their…

  • Harry L. Carrico, Virginia Supreme Court justice, dies at 96 The Washington Post 2013-01-28 Martin Weil Harry L. Carrico, who sat for 42 years on the Virginia Supreme Court and wrote a decision on interracial marriage that was overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court in what was regarded as a civil rights milestone, died Sunday…