Research project BLPMI - Beyond the law: Political mobilisation and identity in response to anti-miscegenation Print Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email This project has received funding via the EUI ESR call 2025, dedicated to Early Stage Researchers, with the contribution of the EUI Widening Europe Programme. The EUI Widening Europe Programme initiative, backed by contributions from the European Union and EUI Contracting States, is designed to strengthen internationalisation, competitiveness, and quality in research in Widening countries, and thus foster a more cohesive European Higher Education and Research area. This project examines how African-Americans responded to institutional discrimination, focusing on the historical context of anti-miscegenation laws, which prohibited interracial marriage in the early 20th century. These laws reinforced racial segregation, economically marginalised African-Americans, and restricted upward mobility. The project explores how responses to such discrimination varied, with some reinforcing racial identity and others seeking assimilation. It does so by analysing the role of political elites, particularly the NAACP, in shaping collective action. Using archival data from the Library of Congress, the project investigates how local variation in mobilisation influenced African-American identity and responses to discriminatory laws.