2000 Alabama referendum on removing the state’s ban on interracial marriage, which had been unenforcable since Loving v. Virginia (1967). The measure passed with 59.5% of the vote. (blue = yes, green = no)
“Knowledge Is Power. Uncle Sam (soliloquizing)–‘If there were more men like Booker T. Washington, the Negro problem would soon be solved.’ – illustration from Judge (1903)
