On July 11, 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving were arrested in their own home in Caroline County, Virginia. Their crime: Marriage. Richard was white; Mildred was black and American Indian, and according to Virginia’s 1924 Racial Integrity Act, their nuptials the previous month in Washington DC weren’t invalid in the state of Virginia, they were illegal.
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45 Years Later, a Double Tribute to Loving v. Virginia
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