Virginia's Civil Rights Hero Curtis W. Harris Sr.
Learn about Curtis W. Harris, a civil rights leader who fought against racially restrictive laws in Virginia, including the infamous Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which banned interracial marriage. Despite being arrested and beaten, Rev. Harris helped reverse centuries of racial discrimination, paving the way for the Civil Rights Movement. Read author William Paul Lazarus' account of Harris' determination in the face of intense hostility.
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In 1924, the Virginia State Legislature passed the Racial Integrity Act. The act banned interracial marriage down to a single drop of African blood. Just three months later, Curtis W. Harris was born in Dendron, Virginia. Harris was the sixth child of impoverished sharecroppers, living in a desolate outpost of the Commonwealth, but in time he would lead the fight against the Racial Integrity Act and many other racially restrictive laws. Despite being arrested multiple times and beaten, Rev. Harris would help reverse centuries of racial discrimination that began when slaves first arrived in Virginia in 1619. Author William Paul Lazarus tells the story of Harris' determination in the face of intense hostility, which took him to the forefront of America's Civil Rights Movement, arm-in-arm with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Subject: History
Brand: The History Press
Publisher Date: 01/09/2023
Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.31
UPC: 9781467153249
Pages: 144
