Loving v. Virginia
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Held that laws that prohibit marriage between races (anti-miscegenation statutes) are unconstitutional.
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In June 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a Negro woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. Shortly after their marriage, the Lovings returned to Virginia and established their marital abode in Caroline County.
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Presented here is the actual text of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Loving v. Virginia, the case which overturned the laws against interracial marriage still in effect as late as 1967 in 16 states.
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Loving v. Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loving v. Virginia , , was a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court, by a 9-0 vote, declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute, the "Racial Integrity Act of 1924...
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United States Supreme Court; Case: LOVING V. VIRGINIA ... LOVING v. VIRGINIA, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) ... Karen Downing - Loving vs. Virginia...
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LOVING v. VIRGINIA, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) ... LOVING ET UX. v. VIRGINIA. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA. No. 395. Argued April 10, 1967. Decided June 12, 1967. ... 5, 1925), cited in Wadlington, The Loving Case: Virginia's Anti-Miscegenation Statute in Historical Perspective, 52 Va. L. Rev. 1189, 1202,
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Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) ... FACTS: Virginia residents Mildred Jeter, who is black, and Richard Loving, who is white, were married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. They moved back to Virginia and, in 1958, were indicted for violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriages.
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the most aptly titled case in the history of the United States Supreme Court -- Loving v. Virginia. Loving was the name of a couple that was prosecuted for marrying.
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On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage in the landmark Loving v. Virginia ruling. A lawyer who argued the case remembers the couple at its heart, and an interracial couple in Virginia reflects on their life today. ... Audio and Written Arguments for Loving v. Virginia...
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In 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia. The Lovings returned to Virginia shortly thereafter. The couple was then charged with violating the state's antimiscegenation statute, which banned inter-racial marriages.
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