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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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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