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"How interracial love and marriage changed history, and may soon alter the landscape of American politics. 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. Virginia ended bans on interracial marriage...
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"A Chocolate Spirit is the true story of a 35-year cross- cultural friendship that will warm your heart, make you laugh and bring tears to your eyes. It is the story of Jennie, a na̐ve small-town white woman, and Rosemary, a streetwise, Chicago-born black woman who meet and develop a friendship that takes the author on a journey toward racial understanding. The friendship between the two women begins like most other friendships. They spend time together,...
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"The oppression of Blacks is America's original sin -- a sin that took root in 1619 and plagues the country to this day. Yet there have been instances of interracial bonding and friendship even in the worst of times. In Stars and Shadows -- a term taken from Huckleberry Finn -- Saladin Ambar analyzes two centuries of noteworthy interracial friendships that served as windows into the state of race relations in the US and, more often than not, as models...
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