One Day When I was Lost: A Scenario | Compare and Contrast
• 1940s: Although interracial marriages occur in
the United States during this decade, a statistical
record is not made of them. The exception is the
occasional famous marriage, such as the black
novelist Richard Wright who marries Ellen Poplar,
a white woman, in 1941. Twenty-nine out of
the forty-eight states consider interracial marriage
a crime.
1960s: Nineteen states continue to observe their
laws against interracial marriages. However, there
are 51,000 interracial marriages recorded in the
United...
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