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The Fortieth Anniversary of Loving v. Virginia: The Legal Legacy of the Case that Ended Legal Prohibitions on Interracial Marriage URL: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/grossman/20070612.html Description: Two-part series from 2007 about the "the U.S. Supreme Court [decision that] held that state laws criminalizing interracial marriage are unconstitutional. In that case, Loving v. Virginia, the Court invalidated the anti-miscegenation law not only in Virginia, but also in the fifteen other states that banned the practice." Includes background about Richard Loving and Mildred (Jeter) Loving (who died in May 2008); June 12, 2007, was the 40th anniversary of the case. From FindLaw. LII Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Families, Marriage, Race Relations, Social Issues Author: Grossman, Joanna Publisher: FindLaw LII Database Information: Record 26101 created by Jennifer English on 05/12/2008 Last modification on 05/21/2008 Published: 05/22/2008 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26101 |
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