(WFXR) – Friday marks 53 years since the United States Supreme Court made a historic ruling in the landmark case, Loving vs. Virginia. The Court’s ruling struck down laws banning interracial marriage ...
Mrs. Loving’s anger over being banished from Virginia for marrying a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning state miscegenation laws.
Six sites across Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Florida join the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, including a courthouse tied to Loving v. Virginia.
"The Loving Story" — the 2011 documentary about the Virginia couple who paved the way for marriage equality — was one of 25 films added to the National Film Registry this week. Why it matters: The ...
A century after the end of the Civil War, more than a dozen states still had laws on the books banning interracial marriage. Enter Mildred and Richard Loving, a Virginia couple whose June 12, 1967 ...
“This law and the love it defends strike a blow against hate in all its forms,” he stated at the ceremony. On Thursday, Congress sent The Respect for Marriage Act to President Joe Biden’s desk. It ...