The loving case(1967)-all american are allowed to marry, regardless of race ,law oppression,morality
the loving case was during the time of when white and black were apart . the loving case or the loving couples were a black 17 year old Mildred Jeter and a white 23 year old construction worker Richard loving. After marrying in Washington,d.c they return home state in 1958, the couples were charge with unlawful cohabitation and both jailed. Judge bazile sentence the loving to one year in jail, to be suspended if the couples agreed to leave the state for the next 25 years. the loving left virginia and went to go live with some relative in Washington,d.c when they return to visit family after 5 years they were both arrested for traveling together. inspired by the civil right movement. mildred loving wrote to Attorney general robert F. Kennedy for help. The couple was referred to ACLU witch represented them to the supreme court case ,loving v,Virginia (1967)the court ruled that state bans on interracial marriage were unconstitutional.
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