<p>&ldquo;Would you marry a Negro?&rdquo; the group of young white social workers asked each other over dinner. &ldquo;If he&rsquo;s the kind of man I&rsquo;m attracted to,&rdquo; Anna Harley answered. She was, in fact, seeing Daniel Winters, a black man, regularly.</p>

<p>Their forty-two-year marriage would span key&nbsp;historical periods of the 20^th century and eventually take the couple to Mexico City. There, for the first time, Daniel could work in the profession he&rsquo;d been educated for. Freed from U.S. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;racism, he felt &ldquo;as Mexican as <em>chile verde</em>.&rdquo; Mean-while, Anna, a reserved blond woman who struggled with &nbsp;speaking Spanish, experienced no similar sense of liberation.</p>

<p><em>Before It Was Legal</em> is not a happily-ever-after story, but an honest portrayal of the love and hurt&nbsp;that any two people, not just a bi-racial couple, may encounter in an intimate relationship. It is the story of an independent white woman, a talented &nbsp;black man, and the times in which these two&nbsp;remarkable people lived.&nbsp;</p>

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