Forty years ago, on June 12, 1967, the US Supreme Court overruled a Virginia statute preventing Caucasians from marrying people of other races. As a result of that landmark decision in the case of Loving v. Virginia, other intermarriage bans in fifteen additional states were overturned as well. However, the real effects of interracial marriage ...
Although the term “Jim Crow” came from an upbeat show tune (“Jump Jim Crow”), there was nothing upbeat about the laws. Jim Crow laws deprived African Americans of privileges enjoyed by Caucasians. The laws varied from where African Americans could sit on a bus and to what drinking fountains they could use. These Jim Crow ...
To meet her, you’d never know anything was unique about Ruby Davis. She’s a married, middle-aged, college-educated black woman with four children. All boys. Her values are like many people in her subset. Get an education. Work hard. Live clean and with-in the law. Vote. Be a good citizen. Sound familiar? The only thing that ...
He plays an egotistical doctor on the hit television show Grey’s Anatomy. As Dr. Alex Karev, Justin Chambers does an amazing job. He plays an arrogant but stunningly good-looking man on the small screen. While his character is far from being a family man, Justin Chambers is exactly that – a family man. Justin Chambers’ ...
