CHINESE AND JAPANESE IMMIGRATION & Nebraska's Anti-Interracial Marriage Law.

This article examines Nebraska's anti-interracial marriage law from its territorial origins in 1855 through its repeal in 1963, highlighting the inclusion of Chinese and Japanese individuals in the law in 1913. Initially prohibiting marriages between white persons and those with African ancestry, the law was expanded to bar marriages between whites and persons with one-eighth or more Japanese or Chinese blood amid early 20th-century immigration and racial anxieties. Despite legislative attempts to repeal the law in 1895 and 1955, it remained in effect until 1963, when a bill supported by diverse religious groups and civil rights organizations successfully abolished the prohibition. The article also details personal stories of couples who married outside Nebraska due to the law and situates the repeal within broader civil rights efforts preceding the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated all anti-miscegenation laws nationwide.