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Mildred Loving, Matriarch of Interracial Marriage, Dies

Equality Forum Mourns Civil Rights Pioneer May 5, 2008 In 1958, Mildred Jeter, a black woman legally married Richard Loving, a white man in the District of Columbia. They returned to their home in Virginia. Under a Virginia law enacted in 1662, blacks and whites were prohibited from marrying. In 1967, in the case of…

A History of Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States From 1610 To 2000

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