Interracial Couples Quotes
This was passed after the Civil War had ended---during Reconstruction. Many states had similar laws until the Supreme Court challenges to them in the latter half of the 20th century.
Although intermarriage is discouraged by many cultures in America, Black intermarriage is the only kind that for years had the force of the criminal law supporting the prejudice.
For anyone in government not to take a stand against intermarriage was almost unthinkable, but when the First Lady did so, it became a national scandal, especially in the South. See {625628} for one reaction.