awakened at 2 am

rousted from their sleep. told they were breaking the law. told they had to leave the state (va) for 25 years OR they'd be tossed in the can. why?

she was black. he was white. that was the ONLY reason



they made history. thank you mildred jeter loving and richard loving

Quiet Va. Wife Ended Interracial Marriage Ban


By Patricia Sullivan Washington Post Staff Writer



Mildred Jeter Loving, 68, a black woman whose refusal to accept Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1967 that struck down similar laws across the country, died of pneumonia Friday at her home in Milford, Va.
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Appreciation: Mildred Loving Followed Her Heart and Made History
Obituaries: Quiet Va. Wife Ended Interracial Marriage Ban
The Loving v. Virginia decision overturned long-standing legal and social prohibitions against miscegenation in the United States. Celebrated at the time, the landmark case sunk to obscurity until a 1996 made-for-television movie and a 2004 book revived interest in how the young, small-town black and white couple changed history.
A modest homemaker, Loving never thought she had done anything extraordinary. "It wasn't my doing," Loving told the Associated Press in a rare interview a year ago. "It was God's work."
Today, according to the Census Bureau, there are 4.3 million interracial couples in the nation. .........





Mildred Loving and her husband, Richard, took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 1967 struck down bans on interracial marriage. Photo Credit: 1965 Photo By Associated Press Photo