Tribal leaders discuss consequences of Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act 100 years later

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Tribal leaders discussed the act’s impact 100 years later. From left: Gregory Smithers, professor of American History, VCU; Assistant Chief Lou Wratchford, Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe; Wayne Adkins, First Assistant Chief of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe; Chief Lynette Allston, Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia; Chief Robert Gray, Pamunkey Indian Tribe (Credit: Pamela D’Angelo)

Last week, as part of its Indigenous Perspectives Exhibit, the Library of Virginia asked four leaders from Tribes in Virginia to discuss the consequences to their cultures of the Racial Integrity Act put in place to preserve white supremacy in the state 100 years ago. Pamela D’Angelo reports.