Article: Woman in Interracial Marriage Case Dies

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
05-05-2008
Woman in Interracial Marriage Case Dies

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM


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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

We heard today of the passing of a woman who became known as the matriarch of legal interracial marriage. Forty-one years ago the Supreme Court's landmark Loving decision struck down all laws designed to prevent marriage across races. The Loving case was not named for the bond between married couples. It was named for Mildred and Richard Loving, a black woman and a white man who fought for the right to live as husband and wife in their home state of Virginia. Mildred Loving died on Friday at the age of 68.

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