Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White

ISBN: 0393323099

Author: Ardizzone Ph.D., Heidi

Condition: New

"Too important to be ignoredA fascinating look at America's obsession with race, pride, and privilege." -EssenceA modern Cinderella must defend her fairy-tale marriage in a scandal that rocked jazz-age America. When Alice Jones, a former domestic, married Leonard Rhinelander in 1924, she became the first black woman to be listed in the Social Register as a member of one of New York's wealthiest families. Once news of the marriage became public, a scandal of race, class, and sex gripped the nation-and forced the couple into an annulment trial.