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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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North Carolina Rep. Robert Leatherwood, whose district includes part of the Cherokee Reservation, introduced a bill last week to legalize marriages between whites and Indians, challenging existing laws prohibiting such unions up to the third generation of Indian or Negro blood. He noted many Cherokees marry whites in South Carolina and views the law as unconstitutional.
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North Carolina Whites
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RALEIGH, N. C.
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Marriages between Indians and whites would be legalized under a bill introduced last week by Rep. Robert Leatherwood, Ill., whose county includes part of the Cherokee Reservation.
The law now forbids marriages between whites and Negroes or Indians, including those with Negro or Indian blood extending to the third generation. Leatherwood's bill would eliminate the provision against white and Indian marriages.
"As near as we can figure," he said, "from 25 to 33 percent of the Cherokees are married to whites now. A lot of them go into South Carolina to get married. Considering it in the light of the Federal Constitution, we think it's a bad law anyway."
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Raleigh, N. C.; Cherokee Reservation
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Last Week
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Rep. Robert Leatherwood introduced a bill to legalize marriages between whites and Indians in North Carolina, eliminating the prohibition on such unions including those with Indian blood to the third generation, as many Cherokees already marry whites out of state.