The Racial Integrity Act

The Racial Integrity Act, 1924: An Attack on Indigenous Identity

The new law prohibited interracial marriage and ushered in a long period of discriminatory racial designation administered by the government.

The New Virginia Law To Preserve Racial Integrity, March 1924

Context. In 1924, Virginia's General Assembly passed the Racial Integrity Act, which was designed to stop the “intermixture” of white and Black people. ... This ...

Racial Integrity Act of 1924 - Wikipedia

The act reinforced racial segregation by prohibiting interracial marriage and classifying as "white" a person "who has no trace whatsoever of any blood other ...

Racial Integrity Laws (1924–1930) - Encyclopedia Virginia

Racial Integrity Laws (1924–1930). SUMMARY. Racial integrity laws were passed by the General Assembly to protect “whiteness” against what many Virginians ...

Eugenics, the Racial Integrity Act, Health Disparities - UVA Today

The University of Virginia had become a center of an emerging new strain of racism – eugenics – that would create and perpetuate myths created under the guise ...

How Virginia Used Segregation Law to Erase Native Americans | TIME

The Act made it a felony to falsify the racial identity of an individual on birth, death, or marriage certificates, and banned marriages between ...

Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924 and American Indian ...

This dissertation explores the Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 and the fight of American Indian against this act.

Just One Drop: Virginia's 1924 Racial Integrity Act, Part I

This act determined that anyone who had even one Black ancestor (thus “one drop” of Black blood) could not be considered white and “racially pure” and would be ...

The Centennial of the Law to Preserve Racial Integrity

As soon as Plecker became a member of the organization, he drafted the first version of the Racial Integrity Act.25 When the proposed ...

Virginia's Racial Integrity Act is Passed - African American Registry

On this date in 1924, The Racial Integrity Act was passed in Virginia. The state's General Assembly passed two laws arising from white concerns about eugenics ...

Preservation of Racial Integrity (1924) - Encyclopedia Virginia

In “Preservation of racial integrity,” passed in 1924 and popularly known as the Racial Integrity Act, most Virginians are required to register their race with ...

The Racial Integrity Act's Impact on Virginia's Indians - YouTube

The Library of Virginia's exhibition "Indigenous Perspectives," on display through Aug. 17, 2024, explores the voices and experiences of ...

The Exemption of American Indian Ancestry from Racial Purity Law

In Virginia, the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 made exceptions for ... The author contends that antimiscegenation laws such as the Racial Integrity Act ...

1924 Racial Integrity Act · You Have No Right - Library of Virginia

The Bureau of Vital Statistics divided Virginians into strictly defined racial categories of "white" and "colored" and banned marriages between people of ...

The Centennial of the Passage of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924

Enjoy this recorded discussion on Virginia's 1924 Racial Integrity Act and its impact on Virginia's Indigenous communities.

Gender, Eugenics, and Virginia's Racial Integrity Acts of the 1920s

In 1924, Virginia passed a law “to preserve racial integrity” as part of a wave of eugenic legislation. Debate surrounding the passage of.

Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924 - The Lemon Project Blog

In the early twentieth century, Virginia was a hotbed of racial tension, and the state's legislature enacted the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, a ...

The Impact Of The Act To Preserve Racial Integrity On Virginia's ...

The Law to Preserve Racial Integrity, commonly known as the Racial Integrity Act (RIA), has a long-lasting legacy that continues to impact ...

News List | Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, VA

The Racial Integrity Act (1924) intended to essentially write Virginia Indians out of history. Their resilience and determination, however, has ensured cultural ...

Registration of Birth and Color, 1924 - Library of Virginia Education

The Racial Integrity Act of 1924 recognized only two races, white and colored. The act required that a racial description of every person be recorded at birth, ...