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Interracial marriage has been legal throughout the United States since at least the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court (Warren Court) decision Loving v. Virginia (1967) that held that anti-miscegenation laws were unconstitutional via the 14th Amendment adopted in 1868.
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Historical data according to Gallup, Inc. Public opinion of...
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Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who...
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Historical data according to Gallup, Inc. Public opinion of interracial marriage in the United States has changed substantially since the 1940s. Today, support for interracial marriage is near-universal. [1] Opposition to interracial marriage was frequently based on religious principles. The overwhelming majority of white Southern evangelical ...
Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who belong to different "races" or racialized ethnicities. In the past, such marriages were outlawed in the United States, Nazi Germany and apartheid-era South Africa as miscegenation (Latin: 'mixing types').
Jun 12, 2021 · "Loving Day" celebrates the historic ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which declared unconstitutional a Virginia law prohibiting mixed-race marriage — and legalized interracial marriage in...
Even though legal in most states by 1959, the overwhelming majority of white Americans then believed rejecting interracial marriage to be fundamental to the nation’s well-being. In 2017, in contrast, 91 percent of Americans believe interracial marriage to be a good or at least benign thing.
Jun 11, 2021 · A history of interracial marriage and miscegenation laws both passed and struck down in the United States, from the 1600s to present day.
Jun 12, 2017 · Intermarriage has increased steadily since the 1967 Loving v. Virginia ruling. Here are more key findings about interracial and interethnic marriage and families.
