jun 12, 1967 - Loving v. Virginia
Description:
This case was decided nine years after Richard Loving, a white man, and Mildred Jeter, a woman of mixed African American and Native American ancestry, pleaded guilty to having violated a Virginia state law: that a white person and a person of color could not marry outside of state and then come back to live together as a married couple. The couple filed suit and the case made its way to the Supreme Court, where their conviction was reversed.Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 12, 1967
Now
~ 58 years ago