Claim: "For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."
Fact-check: Amid Rachel Dolezal controvery, pundit claims blacks were jailed for trying to 'pass' as white
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Anna Bruzgulis
Date published: 2015-06-18T00:00:00