Talk:Anti-miscegenation laws

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[edit] Incomplete and misleading

One of the refs [1] called "Source of information" says 30 (out of 48) states in the 1940's and 1950's had such laws. The article would benefit from a listing, since only a few are now included and it gives the false impression that only a few states banned interracial marriages. Did they ban, say, negros marrying Asians, or did they only ban whites marrying non-whites? There might be a tabulation in the Supreme Court ruling which finally struck them all down. Edison 22:57, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

There's a cool graphic here: [2] You can click through year by year from 1662 through 1967 to see which states had anti-miscegination laws in effect in the particular year. Hover your mouse over a state, and the years that the law was in effect in that state is shown. Click on a state and you get an exerpt from that state's anti-miscegination law, which should give an idea of who was prohibited from who in that particular state. --Ramsey2006 23:25, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The repeal of Anti-miscegenation laws, 1948-1967

Interracial marriage bans in the southern United States is an orphan article about the same subject matter as this section. Maybe there's some material there that can be merged into this section? — Malik Shabazz (Talk | contribs) 22:43, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Good idea. However, be careful. That page suggests that these laws were still in effect. In fact, they have been unconstitutional since 1967. It took these states thirty years to scrap these laws from the books, even though they were already defunct.Fairlane75 19:25, 26 May 2007 (UTC).