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Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Lovings did not attend the oral arguments in Washington, but their lawyer, Bernard S. Cohen, conveyed a message from Richard Loving to the court: "[T]ell the Court I love my wife, and it is just unfair that I can't live with her in Virginia." [21] The case, Loving v. Virginia, was decided unanimously in the Lovings' favor on June 12, 1967 ...
The Lovings later won the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, according to the post. More: Fact check: Post comparing Capitol riot to 2018 Kavanaugh protests lacks context. Loving v.
In 1967, 17 Southern states plus Oklahoma still enforced laws prohibiting marriage between whites and non-whites. Maryland repealed its law at the start of Loving v. Virginia in the Supreme Court. After the Supreme Court ruling declaring such laws to be unconstitutional, the laws in the remaining 16 states ceased to be enforceable.
The Fleisher's have been married since 1975, seven years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage in the landmark case Loving v. Virginia. (AP Photo/John C ...
June 12, the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, is now recognized nationally as Loving Day. Turner said that in addition to telling a Virginia story, they wanted a Virginian to write the story.
[6] In 1967 the law banning interracial marriage was ruled unconstitutional (via the 14th Amendment adopted in 1868) by the U.S. Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia. [3] Many states refused to adapt their laws to this ruling with Alabama in 2000 being the last US state to remove anti-miscegenation language from the state constitution. [7]
Each year, Loving Day is celebrated in the couple's honor on June 12, the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision -- and a new petition is asking President Obama to mark the date as a national ...