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Divorce Decree Between Ruby and Ham Say Naim

A 1930s document entitled "Abstract of Divorce Decree" from Virginia cites race as a reason to annul a marriage between Ruby and Ham Say Naim.

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This document annulling the marriage of Ruby and Ham Say Naim lists his “color” as Chinese, and the cause of divorce as “one party not of white race, marriage not legal.” Interracial marriages were explicitly prohibited in many Southern states.

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Divorce Decree Between Ruby and Ham Say Naim

1954

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1954

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Asian Americans in the United States South, Module 4

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Ancestry Library

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29.04.IMG.011

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1954

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Asian Americans in the United States South, Module 4

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