Loving v. Virginia and the Secret History of Race

Loving v. Virginia and the Secret History of Race - New York Times
By BRENT STAPLES
Published: May 14, 2008

Americans born in the 21st century will shake their heads in disbelief on learning that 40 states once had laws prohibiting interracial marriage. The Supreme Court struck down the last of these statutes in the 1967 case of Mildred and Richard Loving, a black woman and a white man who were arrested and banished from Virginia for the crime of being married.

{Click on link for remainder of article. Mildred Loving recently died.}