Category: United States

  • How the ‘Loving’ Case Changed the US The Root 2013-06-12 Kelli Goff, Special Correspondent The legacy of the interracial-marriage case looms large on the 46th anniversary of the landmark decision. Forty-six years ago, on June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that a Virginia law prohibiting Mildred Jeter Loving, who was black, and Richard Loving,…

  • The Truth About Loving v. Virginia and Why it Matters MixedRaceStudies.org 2013-06-12 Steven F. Riley On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the landmark civil-rights case Loving v. Virginia that Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law (known as the Racial Integrity Act of 1924) was unconstitutional. It did not as some suggest, legalize interracial marriage in the…

  • Standing on Both Feet: Voices of Older Mixed-Race Americans [Interview] KING-TV 5, Seattle Washington 2013-06-11 Margaret Larsen, Host New Day Northwest June 12 marks the 46th Anniversary of a landmark ruling by the United States Supreme Court which overturned a ban on interracial marriage that had been place on many states. But even before the…

  • Is Interracial Marriage Still Scandalous? Room For Debate The New York Times 2013-06-13 Kevin Noble Maillard, Professor of Law Syracuse University Gary B. Nash, Professor Emeritus of History University of California, Los Angeles Heidi W. Durrow, Author and Co-Founder Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival Diane Farr, Actress and Writer Rose Cuison Villazor, Professor of…

  • War Baby/Love Child: An Interview with Richard Lou Visual Memphis 2013-06-12 According to the project’s website, War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art “investigates constructions of mixed heritage Asian American identity in the United States. As an increasingly ethnically ambiguous Asian American generation is coming of age, this multi-platform project (book, traveling art exhibition, website and…

  • Panel Discussion: “Mixed Race Asian American Art and Identity” DePaul University Art Museum 935 W. Fullerton Chicago, Illinois 60614 Phone: 773-325-7506 Wednesday, 2013-05-29, 18:00 CDT (Local Time) War Baby / Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art Debra Yepa-Pappan, “Live Long and Prosper (Spock was a Half-Breed),” digital print. Laura Kina, Vincent DePaul Associate Professor…

  • Black Indians, Pompey Fixico w/ historian & author Dr. Katz The Gist of Freedom BlogTalk Radio 2013-05-16 Leslie Gist, Host Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Pompey Fixico and William L. Katz.  Pompey Fixico ancestors fought US slave-catchers and military units for 42 years in Florida. Mr. Katz and Mr.Fixico will discuss the…

  • More Americans consider themselves multiracial The Los Angeles Times 2013-06-12 Emily Alpert The number of mixed or multiracial people in the United States jumped 6.6% between 2010 and 2012, according to the Census Bureau. Their ranks will only continue to grow, experts say. The number of Americans who consider themselves multiracial has grown faster than…

  • Writing Mixed Race Asian Americans into the Nation: Narratives of National Incorporation in the Bildungsroman and the Multiracial Movement Wesleyan University May 2013 80 pages May Lee Watase A thesis submitted to the faculty of Wesleyan University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Departmental Honors in American…

  • Tragic Mulatto Girl Wonder: The paradoxical life of Philippa Duke Schuyler QBR The Black Book Review February/March 1996 Lise Funderburg Composition in Black and White: The Life of Philippa Schuyler. By Kathryn Talalay. Illustrated. 317 pp. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509608-8. As a child prodigy, pianist and composer, Philippa Duke Schuyler incited both…