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Virginia's civil rights hero Curtis W. Harris Sr. /

In 1924, the Virginia State Legislature passed the Racial Integrity Act. The act banned interracial marriage down to "a single drop" of African blood. Just three months later, Curtis W. Harris was born in Dendron, Virginia. Harris was the sixth child of impoverished sharecroppers, living i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lazarus, William Paul (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023.
Series:American heritage
Subjects:
Harris, Curtis, > 1924-2017
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African American politicians > Virginia > Biography.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1951-
African American politicians.
Civil rights workers.
Politics and government.
United States.
Virginia.
Since 1865
Biographies.

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