Category: Law

  • “The Last Stand”: The Fight for Racial Integrity in Virginia in the 1920s Richard B. Sherman, Chancellor Professor of History College of William and Mary The Journal of Southern History Volume 54, Number 1 (February, 1988) pages 69-92 By the 1920s many southern whites had come to believe that the race question was settled. White…

  • The Origins, Current Status, and Future Prospects of Blood Quantum as the Definition of Membership in The Navajo Nation Tribal Law Journal University of New Mexico School of Law Volume 8 (2007-2008) pages 1-17 Paul Spruhan, Law Clerk Navajo Nation Supreme Court, Window Rock, Arizona In this article, the author discusses the origin of the…

  • Tribal Kulturkampf: The Role of Race Ideology in Constructing Native American Identity Seton Hall Law Review Volume 35, Number 4 (2005) pages 1241-1260 Carla D. Pratt, Associate Professor of Law Pennsylvania State University I. INTRODUCTION “Law is embroiled in the politics of identity. It names parties, defines their speech and conduct, and assigns their rights…

  • This Comment addresses the conflict between new categorization methods for mixed race in data gathering as well as the non-cognizable mixed-race- based claims in current Title VII doctrine. Mixed-race individuals face unique harms themselves, and Title VII’s refusal to acknowledge mixed race results in dismissal of claims.

  • Marriage, Class and Colour in Nineteenth-Century Cuba Cambridge University Press (available in the United States at University of Michigan Press here.) August 1974 224 pages 216 x 140 mm Paperback ISBN: 9780521098465 Verena Martinez-Alier (a.k.a. Verena Stolcke), Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona An analysis of marriage patterns in nineteenth-century Cuba, a society…

  • The Love Story That Made Marriage a Fundamental Right Color Lines 2011-04-27 Asraa Mustufa The Tribeca Film Festival is under way in New York, and one featured documentary delves into the story behind the landmark civil rights case Loving vs. Virginia, which struck down Jim Crow laws meant to prevent people from openly building families…

  • Notes on the state of Virginia: Africans, Indians and the paradox of racial integrity Union Institute and University June 2005 277 pages AAT 3196614 Publication Number: AAT 3196614 ISBN: 9780542425899 Arica L. Coleman, Assistant Professor of Black American Studies Unverisity of Delaware Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of…

  • Constructing and Contesting Color Lines: Tidewater Native Peoples and Indianness in Jim Crow Virginia George Washington University 2009-01-31 392 pages Laura Janet Feller A Dissertation submitted to The Faculty of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences of The George Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements  for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy…

  • FBI investigating racist threat in Polk County Chattanooga Times Free Press Chattanooga, Tennessee Sunday, 2011-06-26 Beth Burger Ducktown, Tenn.—More than a week after part of a cinderblock was thrown through a trailer window with a threatening racist message attached, an interracial Polk County couple continue to have sleepless nights. “I just want to get out…

  • Fifteenth Union: A Melungeon Gathering Melungeon Heritage Association Carolina Connections: Roots and Branches of Mixed Ancestry Communities Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, North Carolina 2011-07-14 through 2011-07-16 MHA is delighted to announce that this year our annual Union will be celebrated at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC, July 14-16, 2011. This will be our first…