jun 12, 1967 - Loving v. Virginia

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Richard and Mildred Loving were sleeping in their beds when the local sheriff came to arrest them for miscegenation. Five months earlier, they exchanged vows in Washington, D.C., where interracial marriage was legal; In their home state of Virginia, it was a felony.




https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/loving-v-virginia

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/us/50-years-after-loving-v-virginia.html

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