Their 1925 divorce trial highlighted the instability of the upper class, as well as a contemporary racial anxiety about "passing" and the vague legal definition of the time as to who was to be considered "white" or "colored".
Their 1925 divorce trial highlighted contemporary strains related to the instability of the upper class, as well as racial anxiety about "passing" at a time of greatly increased internal migration and immigration. The trial also touched on the vague legal definition of the time as to who was to be considered "white" or "colored".