1924 Virginia Health Bulletin
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Virginia Health Bulletin announcing the Racial Integrity Act, 1924. Courtesy of the Eugenics Archives.
- Date created
- 1924
- Location
- Virginia
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Virginia Health Bulletin announcing the Racial Integrity Act, 1924. The act, administered by Virginia state official Walter Plecker, sought to prevent interracial marriage, and made it illegal for people to identify their race as Indian. The full text of the act is available at the Eugenics Archives website.
