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



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