Talk:Anti-miscegenation laws

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[edit] Incomplete and misleading

One of the refs [1] called "Source of information" says 30 (out of 48) states in the 1940's and 1950's had such laws. The article would benefit from a listing, since only a few are now included and it gives the false impression that only a few states banned interracial marriages. Did they ban, say, negros marrying Asians, or did they only ban whites marrying non-whites? There might be a tabulation in the Supreme Court ruling which finally struck them all down. Edison 22:57, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

There's a cool graphic here: [2] You can click through year by year from 1662 through 1967 to see which states had anti-miscegination laws in effect in the particular year. Hover your mouse over a state, and the years that the law was in effect in that state is shown. Click on a state and you get an exerpt from that state's anti-miscegination law, which should give an idea of who was prohibited from who in that particular state. --Ramsey2006 23:25, 16 January 2007 (UTC)