The Durrs' racist beliefs are challenged by Clark and Mairi
Foreman Clark Foreman, one of Virginia's former beaux, returned
from a time in Great Britain with radical new racial views.
During their first reunion, Foreman confronted the Durrs'
prejudices, greatly upsetting Virginia. Nevertheless, the two
couples continued to build a friendship which would become very
important to Virginia's later work. Citing this Excerpt Oral
History Interview with Virginia Foster Durr, March 13, 14, 15,
1975. Interview G-0023-2. Southern Oral History Program
Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program
Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Full Text of the
Excerpt So, Clark arrived in Washington with a beautiful young
wife whom he had met on the boat and promptly hired a Negro
secretary. Well, this caused an absolute storm throughout the
whole government. Here was a young white southern boy, who came
from a good family, the Howells, you know, of Geo