Sunday, June 11, Ben Jealous, the former NAACP president and candidate for governor of Maryland witnessed his parents Ann and Fred Jealous, renew their wedding vows a the church where it was once illegal for them to get married in 1966. In that spirit of love, the couple also honored the legacy of Loving v.Virginia, […]
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Lovings Won Interracial Couples the Right to Marry
MILFORD, Va. (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE: On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down as unconstitutional 16 state bans on interracial marriage. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by Richard and Mildred Loving, a White man and Black woman who had been jailed for being married to each other. After the […]
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June 12, 1967: When Supreme Court Legalized Interracial Marriage
WASHINGTON (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE: On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court was wrapping up the final orders for the term. Among the cases before them was that of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple who had been sentenced to a year in jail for violating Virginia’s ban on marriage between people of […]