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Perez v. Sharp, [1] also known as Perez v. Lippold or Perez v.Moroney, is a 1948 case decided by the Supreme Court of California in which the court held by a 4–3 majority that the state's ban on interracial marriage violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
This stricture held until 1948, at which point the California Supreme Court became the first state court in the country to strike down a law prohibiting interracial marriage, recognizing marriage as a fundamental right: Marriage is thus something more than a civil contract subject to regulation by the state; it is a fundamental right of free men.
While interracial marriage had been legal in California since 1948, in 1957 actor Sammy Davis Jr. faced a backlash for his relationship with a white woman, actress Kim Novak. [15] In 1958, Davis briefly married a black woman, actress and dancer Loray White, to protect himself from mob violence.
While interracial marriage had been legal in California since 1948, in 1957 actor Sammy Davis Jr. faced backlash for his relationship with a white woman, actress Kim Novak. [5] In 1958, Davis briefly married a black woman, actress and dancer Loray White, to protect himself from mob violence.
Interracial Marriage has been a common occurrence throughout the history of Indonesia, the spread of Buddhism and Hinduism in Indonesia were marked with Indian merchants and Traders who settled into the archipelago and intermarried with the local women, a West Javan epigraphy dating towards the 9th century had mentioned various people of ...
They traveled to Washington, D.C., where interracial marriage was legal, and wed on June 2, 1958. ... A Couple That Changed History" Biography.com, June 12, 2020, "Mildred Loving Biography"
The measure asks voters to change the California Constitution to enshrine a "fundamental right to marry" and remove language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
Roldan v. Los Angeles County, 129 Cal. App. 267, 18 P.2d 706, was a 1933 court case in California confirming that the state's anti-miscegenation laws at the time did not bar the marriage of a Filipino and a white person. [1] However, the precedent lasted barely a week before the law was specifically amended to illegalize such marriages. [2]