June 12 was Loving Day.
What’s that? The day that, in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the decision
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June 12 was Loving Day.
What’s that? The day that, in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the decision
Source: www.concordmonitor.com
Richard Loving married the woman he loved and wanted them to live in their hometown. Instead, he was faced with the ultimatum to divorce the woman he loved or be exiled from their home state — all because he’d married a woman of a different color.
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Before June of 1967, sixteen states still prohibited interracial marriage, including Virginia, the home of Richard Perry Loving, a white man, and his wife, Mildred Loving, a woman of African-American and Native-American descent.
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This article focuses on the regulation of black & white marriages in the United States during the 20th century.
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An interracial relationship (IRR) is a dating or married relationship between people from different races. This post is about the ones in America. It is an overview post – click on links to go deep…
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It’s been legal nationwide for 46 years, and it’s increasingly common. But does that mean that we have achieved a colorblind society?
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It happens to be Loving Day which is what prompted me to finally get around to posting about the Cheerios. Happy Loving Day! Interracial Marriage (black/white) has been legal for a grand total of….
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