PBS NewsHour
Description
In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Loving v. Virginia that laws against interracial marriage were unconstitutional. Mildred Loving, a black woman married to a white man, had been prosecuted under one such Virginia law in 1958 and challenged it in the high court. Loving died in early May at the age of 68.
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6 min
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Contributor
Geography
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Date of Publication
2008
Database
Alexander Street
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