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Interracial marriage -- United States

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Jean Schroeder papers

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Identifier: MSS 16836
Content Description This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: Majority of material found within ca. 1939-1951