Day: October 21, 2012

  • The New Virginia Law To Preserve Racial Integrity Virginia Health Bulletin Virginia Department of Health Volume XVI, Extra Number 2 (March 1924) pages 1-4 Source: Pamphlet: Rockbridge County Clerk’s Correspondence, 1912–1943. Local Government Records Collection. The Library of Virginia, (Racial Integrity Act Documents) 12-1245-005 W. A. Plecker, M. D. State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Richmond,…

  • In 1898, journalist Louis J. Beck offered the reading public what he saw as a valuable case study in “heredity and racial traits and tendencies.” This case study was none other than the infamous “half-breed” criminal George Washington Appo (1856–1930), whose name was virtually a household word for New Yorkers of the time.

  • When President Obama greets African-Americans who broke barriers, he almost invariably uses the same line.

  • Reaping the Whirlwind The New York Times Opinionator: Exculive Online Commentary From The Times 2012-10-17 Linda Greenhouse, Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law Yale University On reading the transcript and listening to the audio of last week’s Supreme Court argument in the University of Texas affirmative action…