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Love on trial : an American scandal in black and white / Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone.
- Title
- Love on trial : an American scandal in black and white / Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone.
- Author
- Lewis, Earl
- Publication
- New York : Norton, c2001.
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- Ardizzone, Heidi.
- Description
- xiii, 301 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Upon marrying socialite Leonard Rhinelander in 1924, Alice Jones, a former nanny, became the first black woman to be listed in the Social Register as a member of New York's wealthiest families. The couple met in 1921, fell in love, and after a three-year relationship wed with hopes of living together quietly." "Any change of quiet ended when a reporter for the New Rochelle Standard Star asked Leonard probing questions about his wife's background and race. Soon thereafter news of their marriage became a national scandal, and Alice and Leonard found themselves thrust into the glare of public scrutiny - and into a Westchester courtroom."
- "During the trial a number of questions emerged: Would the jury believe Alice's claim that her husband had known she was of mixed racial ancestory before their marriage? Would Leonard's status sway the verdict? Had either taken advantage of the other? Would their premartial sexual relations taint Alice's character in the jury's eyes? How much ancestry made one black? Love on Trial recalls a struggle that raised questions about race and identity that continue to haunt us today."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Jones, Alice Beatrice
- Rhinelander, Leonard Kip
- Geschichte 1921-1925
- Geschichte 1925
- Interracial marriage > Westchester County > History > Case studies
- Marriage > History > Westchester County > Case studies
- Scandals > Westchester County > History > Case studies
- Scandals in mass media > Case studies
- Westchester County (N.Y.) > History
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-285) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: Til Death Do Us Part -- Waiting for Leonard -- Who Was Alice Jones? -- Broken Promises -- The Vamp and the Dupe -- Concessions of Race -- Just a Commonplace Love Affair -- On the Face of It -- A Man of Standing -- The Fallen Prince -- The Last Veil Lifted -- Revelations -- Before God and Man Be Fair -- Awaiting the Verdict -- The Trial Ends -- Spotlights Are Slow to Fade -- Conclusion: The Last Word -- Afterword: Researching and Writing Love on Trial.
- ISBN
- 0393050130
- LCCN
- ^^^00067005^
- OCLC
- 45437026
- SCSB-10224643
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library