In the late 1950s, Joan Steinau protested as a white ally and young woman coming to terms with her own racism. She fell in love and married a fellow activist, the Black writer Julius Lester, before the Loving v. Virginia decision striking down bans on interracial marriage. Their long, multifaceted partnership was not entirely free of the politics of race and gender. As the women’s movement dawned, feminism helped Lester find her voice, her pansexuality, and the courage to be herself.