Loving v. Virginia is a Supreme Court case that found the Virginia statute prohibiting interracial marriages to be unconstitutional.
What was the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in Loving v. Virginia
In the case of Loving v. Virginia, the concurring opinion was written by Justice Potter Stewart. He agreed with the majority's ruling that Virginia's anti-miscegenation law was unconstitutional but wrote a separate concurrence to emphasize that the freedom to marry was a fundamental right protected by the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. He argued that the Constitution prohibits interracial marriage restrictions just as it forbids measures that discriminate based on race.
The Loving Decision (Loving v Virginia).
In the state of Virginia it was illegal for people of different races to marry. Loving and Virginia married even though they were an interracial couple. They faced many legal and social problems in Virginia because of this.
The cast of Loving vs. Virginia - 2007 includes: Bernie Cohen as Himself - Lawyer Mildred Loving as herself Richard Loving as himself Ottie Moore as Himself - Former Sheriff Phyl Newbeck as Herself - Historian
in June 12, 1967
The couple in the Loving case were residents of Virginia who married in the District of Columbia and then returned to live in Caroline County, Virginia. A Caroline County grand jury indicted the couple for violation of Virginia's ban on interracial marriage.
Richard Perry Loving was born on October 29, 1933, in Central Point Caroline County, Virginia, USA.
Loving v. Virginia
The Fourteenth Amendment has been used by the Supreme Court to overturn many court decisions in order to enforce equal rights. Specifically, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has been interpreted to prohibit states from discriminating against individuals based on race, gender, and other protected characteristics. This has led to landmark decisions such as Brown v. Board of Education and Loving v. Virginia.
Loving v. Virginia, 388 US 1 (1967)The Lovings were an interracial married couple (Mildred and Richard Perry Loving) who were charged for cohabitating in the state of Virginia, a state that outlawed interracial marriage (They were married in DC before returning to Virginia). Their marriage license was actually used against them in the case that went all the way to the US Supreme Court.Then in 1967, 8 years after their arrest, the Court overturned the law.
Caroline County Circuit Court (January 6, 1959)