Virginia's Civil Rights Hero Curtis W. Harris Sr.

by William Paul Lazarus

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467153249
• ISBN13: 9781467153249
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.6"