Nevada Officials Refuse to Marry Interracial Couple

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March 16-17, 1910: George Masaki/Nasaki and Juliette Schwan/Schwann of Los Angeles get a marriage license in Nevada, but no one will perform the ceremony.



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There’s no further information on the couple in The Times, so we don’t know what became of them.
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