Marriage beyond Black and White
Some marriages become symbols of hope for a promising future.
- "My parents broke one of the strongest taboos in our society and thereby became outcasts in their native land. This is their story."
- -David Douglas
A powerful story about the marriage of a Black man and a White woman, Marriage beyond Black and White offers a poignant and sometimes painful look at what it was like to be an interracial couple in the United States from the early 1940s to the mid-1990s. Breaking one of the strongest taboos in American society at the time, Barbara Wilson Tinker and Carlyle Douglas met, fell in love, married, and began raising a family. At the time of their wedding, interracial marriage was outlawed in twenty-seven states and was regarded as anathema in the rest.
Barbara began writing their story to record both the triumphs and hardships of interracial marriage. Her son David completed the family chronicle. The result will uplift and inspire any reader whose life is touched by racial injustice, offering an invaluable perspective on the roles of faith and spiritual transformation in combating prejudice and racism.
Authors[edit]
David Douglas and Barbara Douglas
Publisher[edit]
Bahá’í Publishing Trust, United States
ISBN[edit]
1-931847-04-5
