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Arguments Both Ways On Mixed Marriages
In a survey of views on interracial marriage the piece traces historical cases from 1834 to 1950s figures like Sammy Davis Jr. and Ruth Weyland, noting positions from Kilpatrick to NAACP. It cites church groups and scholars predicting eventual mingling, while detailing legal and social debates and evolving public attitudes toward race and marriage.
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Washington
New York
New York City
Sammy Davis Jr
May Britt
Kennedy
Adam Clayton Powell
James J. Kilpatrick
Richmond News Leader
National Association For the Advancement of Colored oneSte Kilpatrick
Congress
The
NAACP
Protestant Episcopal Church
Episcopal Society For Cultural and Racial Unity
Social Progress
United Press Church
United States of America
Questheologians
Mace
Kelly Miller
Howard University
District of Columbia
Leslie Perry
Ruth Weyland
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Ruth Wey
Perry
Walter White
Tthe Naacp
Foppy Cannon
House Beautiful Magazine
Father Divine
Canada
Theodore G. Bilgo
D-Miss
Bilbo
Ralph S. Limten
Columbia University
United Nations Educatio Scientific and Cultural Organization
Harry Shapiro
Shapiro