Loving V. Virginia
Obstacles faced: Anti-Miscegenation laws, interracial marriage ban, and Pace v. Alabama
Outcome: Lovings left Virginia to live in the District of Columbia, U.S. Supreme Court reverses all bans on interracial marriages
Two people in love should never have to go through so much trouble for loving each other and having opposite colored skin. The case involved Mildred loving, a black/Native American woman and Richard Loving, a white man. Since their marriage violated the state of Virginia's anti-miscegenation state, the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which prohibited marriage between a man classified as “white” and people classified as “colored”, they were both sentenced to one year in jail. Then the sentence was suspended for 25 years on condition that the couple leaves Virginia and so they did and they moved to Washington D.C. where they had originally gotten married. The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision held the prohibition unconstitutional, reversing a similar case Pace v. Alabama, and ending all race-based legal restrictions in the United States. Now in the current time period there is an increase in interracial marriages in the U.S. and on June 12 we celebrate loving day. This is important because it had a big impact on the way America is today and how you can marry or date who ever you would like to no matter what race they are. Even though the is still a problem with same sex marriage, I am sure that that will change soon also.
Outcome: Lovings left Virginia to live in the District of Columbia, U.S. Supreme Court reverses all bans on interracial marriages
Two people in love should never have to go through so much trouble for loving each other and having opposite colored skin. The case involved Mildred loving, a black/Native American woman and Richard Loving, a white man. Since their marriage violated the state of Virginia's anti-miscegenation state, the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which prohibited marriage between a man classified as “white” and people classified as “colored”, they were both sentenced to one year in jail. Then the sentence was suspended for 25 years on condition that the couple leaves Virginia and so they did and they moved to Washington D.C. where they had originally gotten married. The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision held the prohibition unconstitutional, reversing a similar case Pace v. Alabama, and ending all race-based legal restrictions in the United States. Now in the current time period there is an increase in interracial marriages in the U.S. and on June 12 we celebrate loving day. This is important because it had a big impact on the way America is today and how you can marry or date who ever you would like to no matter what race they are. Even though the is still a problem with same sex marriage, I am sure that that will change soon also.