Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White
"Too important to be ignored....A fascinating look at America's obsession with race, pride, and privilege."—Essence When Alice Jones, a former nanny, married Leonard Rhinelander in 1924, she became the first black woman to be listed in the Social Register as a member of one of New York's...
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"Too important to be ignored....A fascinating look at America's obsession with race, pride, and privilege."—Essence When Alice Jones, a former nanny, married Leonard Rhinelander in 1924, she became the first black woman to be listed in the Social Register as a member of one of New York's wealthiest families. Once news of the marriage became public, a scandal of race, class, and sex gripped the nation—and forced the couple into an annulment trial. "A compelling read."—Boston Globe "This is a great story....Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone tell it very well."—Chicago Tribune
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393323092 (0393323099)
ASIN: 0393323099
Publish date: 2002-05-17
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
This was one of several popular non-fiction titles I read for a course called Intermarriage in the U.S. This court case is one of the most shocking, if forgotten, miscegenation cases in United States history.In the early 1920s a rich heir falls in love and marries a woman, and then (most surely unde...
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