Eugenics

Supreme Court Endorses Forced Sterilization in Buck v. Bell Eugenics Decision

1927-05-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The Supreme Court rules 8-1 in Buck v. Bell to uphold Virginia’s compulsory sterilization law, providing constitutional blessing for the eugenics movement’s campaign to sterilize those deemed “unfit.” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes writes for the majority that the state may …

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Immigration Act of 1924 Imposes Racist National Origins Quotas Based on Eugenics

1924-05-26 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Calvin Coolidge signs the Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act), establishing the first permanent comprehensive restrictions on immigration in American history through a national origins quota system explicitly designed to preserve white racial dominance. The law reduces annual …

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