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Archive Home > 2011 > March > 20 > Black, white and married ... and in the Deep South

Black, white and married ... and in the Deep South

Census data show a shifting image

By Susan Saulny / The Bulletin
March 20, 2011

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo: publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been frowned upon for much of the time since.

So when a great job beckoned....

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