Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White

Earl Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
May 1 2001
EAN: 9780393050134
ISBN: 0393050130
Synopsis: Upon marrying Leonard Rhinelander in 1924, Alice Jones, a former nanny, became the first black woman to be listed in the Social Register as a member of one of New York's wealthiest families. When their marriage became a national scandal, Alice and Leonard found themselves thrust into the glare of public scrutiny-and into a Westchester courtroom.