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The True Story of 'Loving' and the History of Racial Passing


The True Story of 'Loving' and the History of Racial Passing | TIME

Richard and Mildred Loving—the couple who inspired the new film 'Loving'—lived in a world where race was not simply binary.

Mildred and Richard: The Love Story that Changed America

While the Lovings were too preoccupied with their own hardships to be involved, they were inspired by the activism they saw. In 1964, Mildred ...

The History Behind the film “Loving” | by Andre Kearns - Medium

I finally saw the film Loving which tells the story of the interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving and their fight to live as married ...

Loving v. Virginia: 1967 & Supreme Court Case | HISTORY

Loving v. Virginia was a Supreme Court case that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States.

Virginia is for the Lovings - Rediscovering Black History

However, in certain parts of Virginia “racial integrity” did not always translate from the law books into real life. ... black residents to pass ...

Loving v. Virginia - Wikipedia

In 1959, the Lovings were sentenced to prison for violating Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which criminalized marriage between people classified as " ...

Loving v. Virginia | Oyez

The couple was then charged with violating the state's antimiscegenation statute, which banned inter-racial marriages. The Lovings were found guilty and ...

Listening to Loving: Mildred Loving and the Case for Quiet Activism

It continues to be characterized as a triumph against anti-Black racism and white supremacy and has become increasingly famous in recent years, ...

The Lovings: A Couple That Changed History | ACLU

Mildred and Richard Loving never set out to have their marriage become the subject of one of the most famous civil rights cases of the last ...

Fact check: Loving case made interracial marriage legal - USA Today

The viral story about the Lovings is true. The Racial Integrity Act of 1924 prohibited interracial marriage in Virginia and defined a white ...

Loving (2016) | Based on a True Story - YouTube

... loving/ http://time.com/4552130/loving-movie-racial-passing-history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_(2016_film)#Historical_accuracy ...

Loving v. Virginia | 388 U.S. 1 (1967)

Virginia's statutory scheme to prevent marriages between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications held to violate the Equal Protection and Due ...

the loving story - Learning for Justice

How did the Lovings view themselves? DOCUMENTING HISTORY. A key element of this documentary is Hope Ryden's 1965 footage of Richard and Mildred Loving as they ...

Mildred and Richard Loving - Mixed Race Studies

“Loving” tells the true story of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple from Virginia who fought for nearly a decade to have their marriage ...

Before 'Loving' | Arts & Sciences - Washington University in St. Louis

In better understanding the context in which Mildred and Richard Loving went to court we may better understand the world civil rights leaders were coming from, ...

BBC - This is the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, who...

This is the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, who fought their convictions for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia - and won. BBC Two.

Richard Loving | Ordinary Philosophy

Beneath the film, the Lovings' story also speaks to the centuries-long effort by white supremacists to create a “white race” and defend it from “race-mixing”( ...

The Loving Story (2011) - IMDb

A racially charged trial and a heartrending love story converge in this documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving, set during the Civil Rights era.

The Passing of Passing: A Peculiarly American Racial Tradition ...

In the article below, independent scholar Robert Fikes Jr., explores a centuries-old process in the United States where African Americans ...

Virginia is for Lovers - Contexts

As the struggle over Mildred Loving's racial identity demonstrates, people are not readily divided into “Black” and “White”—or, if they are, the ...