The Color of Integrity

The Color of Integrity is a fictionalized account of individuals' struggles with Virginia's notorious Racial Integrity Act of 1924, the spawn of the fanatical eugenicist Walter Ashby Plecker. The novella illustrates the evils of the law in the lives of several characters, including the good Dr. Jeff Bass and protagonist A. T. Reed. In 1967, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down anti-miscegenation laws, including the Virginia law, in the case of Loving vs. Virginia.