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Article: Woman at center of case diesinterracial marriage dies: ; Mildred Loving and her husband challenged Va. law that barred interracial marriages
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- May 6, 2008
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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.
The Loving vs. 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.
Today, according to the Census Bureau, there are 4.3 million
interracial couples in the nation.
That wasn't true in ...
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Article: COLUMN: Bible, interracial marriage not at odds
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......not is whether the passage forbids interracial marriage or interracial dating. It clearly...argue that Deuteronomy 7 proves interracial marriage sinful is silly, as the situation...passage of the Bible dealing with interracial marriage is Numbers 12, where Miriam and...
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