Entries tagged with “Loving v. Virginia”
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Jan 06, 2022
Lawyer in Landmark Interracial Marriage Case Urges Supreme Court to Eliminate ‘Frightening Echo’ of Bigotry in Texas Death Penalty Case
On January 6, 1959, Richard and Mildred Loving were convicted on felony charges of “miscegenation” under Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act, which criminalized interracial marriage. The trial court sentenced them to one year in prison but suspended the sentence conditioned upon their leaving Virginia and not returning together for 25 years. The court wrote: “Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference…