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  1. Mildred Delores Loving (née Jeter; July 22, 1939 – May 2, 2008) and Richard Perry Loving (October 29, 1933 – June 29, 1975) were an American married couple who were the plaintiffs in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia (1967).

  2. Feb 17, 2017 · Married couple Mildred and Richard Loving answer questions at a press conference the day after the Supreme Court ruled in their favor in Loving v. Virginia. It took nine years, but the...

  3. Jan 28, 2021 · The monumental love story of Richard and Mildred Loving resulted in the landmark Supreme Court case that wiped away the last segregation laws in America.

  4. Aug 23, 2022 · Sentenced to 25 years in exile from their home state, the Lovings fought the ruling, and they took the state of Virginia all the way to the Supreme Court in a case now known as Loving v. Virginia. Their success set a historical precedent in the United States.

  5. Oct 26, 2016 · With a perfect last name amid imperfect circumstances, Richard and Mildred Loving made history when their fight for the state of Virginia to recognize their interracial marriage made it all the...

  6. Nov 7, 2016 · Best Known For: In 1967, Richard Loving and his wife Mildred successfully fought and defeated Virginia's ban on interracial marriage via a historic Supreme Court ruling. Astrological Sign:...

  7. Nov 17, 2017 · The plaintiffs in the case were Richard and Mildred Loving, a white man and Black woman whose marriage was deemed illegal according to Virginia state law.

  8. Apr 2, 2014 · In 1967, Mildred Loving and her husband Richard successfully defeated Virginia's ban on interracial marriage via a famed Supreme Court ruling that had nationwide implications.

  9. Jun 11, 2017 · Thus did Mildred Loving, both black and Native American, and her husband, Richard, who was white, make civil rights history. Theirs is a powerful legacy. Today, one in six newlyweds in the...

  10. Jun 5, 2024 · Loving v. Virginia, legal case, decided on June 12, 1967, in which the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously (9–0) struck down state antimiscegenation statutes in Virginia as unconstitutional under the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. marriage license for Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter.

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