Patricia Sullivan reported by telephone on the death of Mildred Loving on May 1, 2008. Mrs. Loving was a principal in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage in the United States. She talked about the Lovings, how their case occurred, and their subsequent life. Photographs of Mildred and Richard Loving and of the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court justices were shown.
- What type of state laws did the case overturn?
- Where was the couple married?
- What was the vote in the case?
- How many state laws were overturned as a result of the case?
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Courts & Judicial Process, Civil Rights, Minorities, Judicial Process, America and the Courts, Minorities & Equal Opportunity, Racial Relations