Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry: Loving V. Virginia
(Part of the Landmark Law Cases and American Society Series)
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In 1958 Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving, two young lovers from Caroline County, Virginia, got married. Soon they were hauled out of their bedroom in the middle of the night and taken to jail. Their crime? Loving was white, Jeter was not, and in Virginia--as in twenty-three other states then--interracial marriage was illegal. Their experience reflected that of countless couples across America since colonial times. And in challenging the laws against...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0700620001
ISBN13:9780700620005
Release Date:November 2014
Publisher:University Press of Kansas
Length:296 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.7"
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