Black Laws of Virginia
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Title
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Black Laws of Virginia
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Repository
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City of Fairfax Regional Libary - Virginia Room
305.896 G
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Date Created
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Originally published 1936
Second edition 1969
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Creator
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June Purcell Guild
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Description
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Book containing Black Laws passed in the state of Virginia that restricted and endangered Black lives, from the times of early enslavement to the publication of the first edition of the book in 1936. The photographed pages show the law, "Chapter 157", passed in 1912 by the Virginia State Assembly that allowed for localities to pass segregation ordinances. The Town Council of Falls Church was empowered by this law to pass a segregation ordinance, and in 1915 the acted to do so. They note on the 12/14/1914 Town Council meeting minutes that they have the power to pass a segregation ordinance because of this law passed two years prior. This law passed by the state assembly greatly constrained Black communities and Black residents of Virginia greatly until 1917 when segregation zoning was found as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court with Buchanan vs. Warley - though even after, segregation marks geographies to this day due to its enforcement early in the 20th century.
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Research Themes
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Displacement
Segregation
Falls Church
Virginia State Assembly
Black Laws
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Type
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Book
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Researcher Name
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Jacob Connelly
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Bibliographic Citation
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Guild, June Purcell. Black Laws of Virginia: A Summary of the Legislative Acts of Virginia Concerning Negroes from Earliest Times to the Present. 2nd ed. Negro Universities Press, 1969.
