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WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT EUGENICS IN MY JAMESTOWN VISIT
In 1924, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the Racial Integrity Act. The Act reinforced racial segregation by prohibiting interracial marriage and classifying as "white" a person "who has no trace whatsoever of any blood other than Caucasian." The Act, an outgrowth of eugenist and scientific racist propaganda, was pushed by Walter Plecker, a white supremacist, and eugenist. He held the post of registrar of the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics.
The Racial Integrity Act required all birth certificates and marriage certificates in Virginia to include the person's race as either "white" or "colored."...
