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Interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving fell in love and were married in 1958. They grew up in Central Point, a small town in Virginia that was more integrated than surrounding areas in the American South. Yet it was the state of Virginia, where they were making their home and starting a family, that first jailed and then banished them. Richard and Mildred relocated with their children to the inner city of Washington, D.C., but the family ultimately tries to find a way back to…

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In 1959, Richard Loving, who was white, and his wife, Mildred, of African American and Native American descent, were arrested for marrying. They took it to the Supreme Court - where they changed history.

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Happy Anniversary Richard & Mildred Loving! 06/02/1958; in just ten short days interracial (and hopefully all) couples everywhere will celebrate your history-making victory against the state of Virginia, which gave us all the right to love & marry, regardless of our loves "race"! 6/12/1967 #LoveWon #LovingVsVirginia 06/12/2016 #LoveAndRejoice

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The movie “Loving,” out this week, is a beautifully shot, historically significant and likely to be Oscar-nominated portrait of the fantastically named couple responsible for the Supreme Court case…

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White people who have an intimate relationship with a person of color, particularly a black person, can lose the luxury of racial blindness if they really are in love with their paramour, their adopted child, their “ace” in that nonsexual way that one can adore a friend. They can lose their blindness and gain something tragic, yet real— the ability to see racism clearly and to weep for a loved one and a country that suffers because of it. For the culturally dexterous, race is more salient…

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