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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jim Crow law ⓘ
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 ⓘ
vital records and registration of births and marriages in Virginia ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
country United States of America ⓘ
dateAbolished 1967 ⓘ
dateEnacted 1924 ⓘ
declaredUnconstitutionalBy Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
defines legal racial categories ⓘ
who is legally classified as colored ⓘ
who is legally classified as white ⓘ
enforcedBy Virginia state and local officials ⓘ
hasEffect criminalized interracial marriage in Virginia ⓘ
reinforced the one-drop rule in Virginia ⓘ
restricted civil rights of non-white residents in Virginia ⓘ
hasLegalForm statute ⓘ
hasTitle Racial Integrity Act ⓘ
historicalContext American eugenics era ⓘ
post-Reconstruction segregation era ⓘ
inspiredBy eugenics movement in the United States ⓘ
white supremacist ideology ⓘ
jurisdiction Virginia ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalConsequence subjected violators to criminal penalties ⓘ
voided marriages that violated racial classifications ⓘ
legalStatus invalidated ⓘ
legislativeBody Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
locationEnacted Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
mainSubject interracial marriage ⓘ
race classification ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
opposedBy civil rights advocates ⓘ
partOf Jim Crow laws in Virginia ⓘ
prohibits interracial marriage ⓘ
marriage between white persons and non-white persons ⓘ
purpose to define racial categories in Virginia law ⓘ
to enforce racial segregation ⓘ
to prohibit interracial marriage ⓘ
regulates marriage licenses ⓘ
relatedCase Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
Naim v. Naim ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
yearEnacted 1924 ⓘ

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Loving v. Virginia → overturnedLaw → Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 ⓘ
Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 → hasTitle → Racial Integrity Act ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924
Naim v. Naim → appliedStatute → Virginia anti-miscegenation law ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924