Essay by Daniel J. Sharfstein
Yale Law Journal
Volume 112, Number 6, March 2003
"At the heart of this Essay is an attempt to take race beyond conventional legal history and view cases about the color line as portals into a world of secret histories--whispered gossip, unstated understandings, and stories purposely forgotten."
While Melungeons are nowhere mentioned in this scholarly yet engaging essay, Walter Plecker and the Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 are discussed, and the essay's direct applicability to the Melungeon experience is readily apparent.
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Yale Law Journal
Volume 112, Number 6, March 2003
"At the heart of this Essay is an attempt to take race beyond conventional legal history and view cases about the color line as portals into a world of secret histories--whispered gossip, unstated understandings, and stories purposely forgotten."
While Melungeons are nowhere mentioned in this scholarly yet engaging essay, Walter Plecker and the Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 are discussed, and the essay's direct applicability to the Melungeon experience is readily apparent.
To read the essay: Click Here. (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required)
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