Tell the Court I Love My Wife: Race, Marriage, and Law--An American History

by Peter Wallenstein

The first in-depth history of miscegenation law in the United States, this book illustrates in vivid detail how states, communities, and the courts have defined and regulated mixed-race marriage from the colonial period to the present. Combining a storyteller's detail with a historian's analysis, Peter Wallenstein brings the sagas of Richard and Mildred Loving and countless other interracial couples before them to light in this harrowing history of how individual states had the power to regulate one of the most private aspects of life: marriage.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

336 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

Reviews

[Gregory · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really a fascinating book. I couldn't put it down. Reading this book makes me appreciative of being in an Interracial relationship without shame except for a few ignorant. I highly recommend this book to people who are in Interracial Relationships or considering to be in it.

[Hanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

There isn't much of the actual Loving case in the book.