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My recent work on W&M’s Anglo-Saxon Club and the other Clubs’ role in promoting the 1924 Racial Integrity Act mentions this case (and another); the Clubs considered appealing the Sorrels case. Scroll about 3/4 down at:
https://www.wm.edu/sites/lemonproject/researchandresources/resourcesandresearch/index.php
I was particularly struck by the involvement of a white supremacist, John Powell, a PBK graduate of UVA and an accomplished musician and composer who managed to embed his racism in his music. See, for example, his “Banjo Picker”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkG8p0UHs4
of the Box uses one Rockbridge County court case to offer some context.
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Terry L.. Meyers, Chancellor Professor of English, Emeritus, The College of William and Mary, in Virginia, Williamsburg 23187
http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/page/tlmeye/
http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html
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