immorality
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This debut novel follows a mixed-race South African family in the 1920s blown apart by the Immorality Act, which essentially criminalized interracial relationships.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022
In 1988, I produced “Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act,” which is about a white librarian and a Black schoolteacher falling in love.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021
Her 1963 work, “Occasion for Loving,” is about a white woman who has a relationship with a black man, something that was illegal at the time, banned by the Immorality Act.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2014
As a deterrent, the Immorality Act has worked none too well over the years.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1698, Collier published his "Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage," a powerful and effective protest against the depravity of the drama.
From A History of English Prose Fiction by Tuckerman, Bayard
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