George Stevens, whose mother was Spanish, legally married Lucinda Vilate Flake,the daughter of African American parents, in Utah in 1872. However, from 1888 until 1963, such a union would be against Utah law. Read the fascinating history of “The Prohibition of Interracial Marriage in Utah, 1888-1963” from the spring 2008 issue of Utah Historical Quarterly.
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