Loving : interracial intimacy in America and the threat to white supremacy / Sheryll Cashin.

Loving beyond boundaries is a radical act that is changing America. When Mildred and Richard Loving wed in 1958, they were ripped from their shared bed and taken to court. Their crime: miscegenation, punished by exile from their home state of Virginia. The resulting landmark decision of Loving v. Vi...

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Main Author: Cashin, Sheryll (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One. Before Loving, 1607-1939
  • Going Native : Virginia's First Lovers and Haters
  • Sex, Love and Rebellion in Early Colonial Virginia
  • Slavery Begets Anti-Miscegenation and White Supremacy
  • Miscegenation, Dog-Whistling and the Spread of Supremacy
  • Part Two. Loving
  • Loving v. Virginia (1967)
  • Part Three. After Loving
  • 2017 : Interracial Intimacy and the Threat to and Persistence of White Supremacy
  • More Loving : Families and Friendship
  • The Future : The Rise of the Culturally Dexterous.