Interracial Marriages Between Black Women and White Men By Chery ...

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Table of Contents

Preface

xi

Introduction

1

Chapter 1: Historical and Legal Issues Surrounding Interracial Marriages

11

Chapter 2: Social Issues Surrounding Interracial Marriages

21

Chapter 3: Study Overview

31

Participant Selection

37

Chapter 4: Portraits of Interracial Marriages: Black Women and White Men

43

Educational Attainment

44

Occupations

45

Family Income

46

Initial Contact

46

Courtship

46

Longevity of Marriages

47

Race as a Concern: African American Wives

47

Race as a Concern: White Husbands

49

Race as a Concern: For Family Members

50

Initial Attraction to Spouse

54