Mildred and Richard Loving, pictured in 1965, were charged with violating a Virginia law that criminalized marriage between people classified as "white" and "colored." The couple took their case to ...
June 12 marks "Loving Day," the anniversary of the United States legalizing interracial marriages. "The Loving Decision should be remembered as an important moment for civil rights. But it’s also a ...
Flora Hawk as Mildred Jeter Loving, left, and director Denyce Graves-Montgomery in rehearsal for “Loving v. Virginia.” [Sunroom Video Production Co.] The opera stage is not a history classroom, but it ...
When Richard and Mildred Loving awoke in the middle of the night a few weeks after their June, 1958 wedding, it wasn't normal newlywed ardor. There were policemen with flashlights in their bedroom.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — June 12 is Loving Day, marking 57 years since the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing interracial marriage in the U.S. Back in 1958, police stormed into the Virginia home ...
*Director Jeff Nichols and stars Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga were in Cannes Monday morning for the first press screening of their film “Loving,” about interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving, ...
RICHMOND, Va. — The Library of Virginia is celebrating Black History Month with two events in collaboration with Virginia Opera centered around Loving v. Virginia. Richard and Mildred Loving were a ...
This Valentine’s Day season, I am reminded of Mildred Loving’s and St. Valentine’s acts of justice for the fundamental human right to love who you want. Since Trump has taken office, I’m worried about ...
Mildred and Richard Loving never set out to have their marriage become the subject of one of the most famous civil rights cases of the last century. But it was their deep affection for one another and ...
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