Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924
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The Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 was a state law enforcing racial segregation and prohibiting interracial marriage by rigidly defining racial categories, later invalidated as unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Racial Integrity Act | 1 |
| Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 Context triple: [Loving v. Virginia, overturnedLaw, Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924]
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Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
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Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were a system of state and local statutes in the United States that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans, particularly in the South, from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.
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C.
Page Act of 1875
The Page Act of 1875 was a U.S. federal law that effectively curtailed immigration from China—especially of women—by targeting and excluding those stereotyped as prostitutes or forced laborers, laying groundwork for later Chinese exclusion policies.
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D.
Morgan v. Virginia
Morgan v. Virginia was a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state laws mandating racial segregation on interstate buses, laying important groundwork for later civil rights actions.
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E.
Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia is a landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage, affirming marriage as a fundamental right under the Fourteenth Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 Target entity description: The Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 was a state law enforcing racial segregation and prohibiting interracial marriage by rigidly defining racial categories, later invalidated as unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia.
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A.
Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
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B.
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were a system of state and local statutes in the United States that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans, particularly in the South, from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.
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C.
Page Act of 1875
The Page Act of 1875 was a U.S. federal law that effectively curtailed immigration from China—especially of women—by targeting and excluding those stereotyped as prostitutes or forced laborers, laying groundwork for later Chinese exclusion policies.
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D.
Morgan v. Virginia
Morgan v. Virginia was a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state laws mandating racial segregation on interstate buses, laying important groundwork for later civil rights actions.
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E.
Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia is a landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage, affirming marriage as a fundamental right under the Fourteenth Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jim Crow law
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anti-miscegenation law ⓘ racial segregation law ⓘ state law ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Loving v. Virginia ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
marriage between persons classified as white and persons classified as non-white
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vital records and registration of births and marriages in Virginia ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Virginia
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surface form:
Commonwealth of Virginia
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateAbolished | 1967 ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1924 ⓘ |
| declaredUnconstitutionalBy | Loving v. Virginia ⓘ |
| defines |
legal racial categories
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who is legally classified as colored ⓘ who is legally classified as white ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Virginia state and local officials ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
criminalized interracial marriage in Virginia
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reinforced the one-drop rule in Virginia ⓘ restricted civil rights of non-white residents in Virginia ⓘ |
| hasLegalForm | statute ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Racial Integrity Act
|
| historicalContext |
American eugenics era
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post-Reconstruction segregation era ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
eugenics movement in the United States
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white supremacist ideology ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Virginia ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalConsequence |
subjected violators to criminal penalties
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voided marriages that violated racial classifications ⓘ |
| legalStatus | invalidated ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Virginia General Assembly ⓘ |
| locationEnacted | Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
interracial marriage
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race classification ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ |
| opposedBy | civil rights advocates ⓘ |
| partOf | Jim Crow laws in Virginia ⓘ |
| prohibits |
interracial marriage
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marriage between white persons and non-white persons ⓘ |
| purpose |
to define racial categories in Virginia law
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to enforce racial segregation ⓘ to prohibit interracial marriage ⓘ |
| regulates | marriage licenses ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Loving v. Virginia
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Naim v. Naim ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1924 ⓘ |
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Subject: Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 Description of subject: The Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 was a state law enforcing racial segregation and prohibiting interracial marriage by rigidly defining racial categories, later invalidated as unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia.
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