Richard and Mildred Loving

The Lovings' marriage was illegal in 1950's Virginia because Mildred was a woman of color and Richard was white.

Richard and Mildred Loving's Love Story Changed the Course of ...

Richard and Mildred Loving were an interracial couple who married in 1958, when it was illegal in Virginia.

When the Serendipitously Named Lovings Fell in Love, Their World ...

Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter grew up in a rural community in Caroline County, Virginia. Despite statewide laws, rules and customs designed ...

50 Years After Loving v. Virginia - The New York Times

Thus did Mildred Loving, both black and Native American, and her husband, Richard, who was white, make civil rights history. Theirs is a ...

The Fight for the Right to Marry: The Loving v. Virginia Case

On July 11, 1958, Caroline County issued an arrest warrant for Richard Loving for violating the RIA. A warrant for Mildred Loving was issued ...

Warrants to Arrest Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter

Commonwealth v. Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Dolores Jeter, 1958-1966. Caroline County (Va.) Reel 79. Local Government Records Collection.

What You Didn't Know About Loving v. Virginia - Time

When the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case Loving v. the Commonwealth of Virginia, defendants Richard and Mildred Loving chose not ...

Richard Loving, Construction Worker born - African American Registry

It was all, as I say, mixed together to start with and just kept goin' that way." The couple met when Mildred Jeter was 11 and Richard was 17. He first visited ...

Looking back on Loving v. Virginia 52 years later

Richard Loving died in a car accident in 1975. Mildred Loving passed away in May 2008. Below is a little history from several previously-issued ...

A timeline of the Loving interracial marriage litigation

Richard and Mildred Loving fought for 10 years to validate their right to marry each other and live in their home state of Virginia.

50 years after Loving: What happened to the couple who pushed for ...

The Lovings remained married until 1975 when Richard was tragically killed when a drunk driver slammed into his car. Mildred never remarried and ...

New historic marker honors Richard and Mildred Loving on their ...

This historical marker memorializes the powerful story of Richard and Mildred Loving and their courage to fight a state law prohibiting marriage between people ...

A Loving Fight, 1967 - Records of Rights

One morning in the summer of 1958, a married couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, awoke to three policemen in their bedroom. These officers arrested Richard ...

Family tree of Richard LOVING - Geneastar

Mildred Delores Loving (July 22, 1939 – May 2, 2008) and her husband Richard Perry Loving (October 29, 1933 – June 29, 1975) were plaintiffs in the landmark ...

Richard and Mildred Loving: The Couple Whose Love Was Against ...

On July 11, 1958, five weeks after being married, Richard and Mildred Loving awoke to flashlights and uniformed policemen hovering over ...

Op-Ed: Supreme Court decisions on love that changed my life

Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P Loving in 1965. (AP). By Joan Steinau Lester. June 6, 2021 ...

Loving: An Intimate Story That Changed America - VOA News

Based on a true story, Loving offers an intimate portrait of Richard and Mildred Loving, a white man and a black woman, who in 1957 defied the miscegenation ...

Loving, Mildred | Encyclopedia.com

Mildred Loving. 1939-2008. Homemaker, civil rights activist. Mildred Loving's marriage to Richard Perry Loving in 1958 brought about a series of events that ...

“We Were Married on the Second Day of June, and the Police Came ...

Wallenstein: “On January 27, 1957, [Mildred and Richard] had a son, Sidney. The midwife was Richard Loving's mother, Lola Jane Loving, who ...

Richard and Mildred Loving in Washington, DC - Lake Front Media

Richard and Mildred Loving in Washington, DC. Home · Editorials · Interracial Marriage: How Far Have We Really Come? Richard and Mildred Loving in Washington, ...