From my post I said it was basically all hearsay from family who lived in Caroline County for generations. They actually still live there. The races “mixed” in ways that many post-Civil War communities did.

Sorry for the hot take, but I have mixed feelings on the case and the idea of a movie about it in general. Yes this is hearsay, but I have family from Caroline County and just like with everything else, it’s complicated. Did Mildred and Richard grow to love each other in some capacity? Perhaps.

Vanity sizing is real (and clearly emotionally compelling). Any woman holding on too tightly to any arbitrary dress number is playing herself.