Black and White and Married in the Deep South: A Shifting Image

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Sonia Cherail Peeples and Michael Peeples, married with two sons, met as students at the University of Southern Mississippi.
By SUSAN SAULNY
Published: March 19, 2011

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo: publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been frowned upon for much of the time since. More

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