Constitutional Law

Loving of "Loving v. Virginia" Dies at 68

Mildred Loving (formerly Jeter), whose arrest in Virginia for marrying Richard Loving ultimately resulted in the 1967 Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia, has died, according to the Free-Lance Star. After they were married in 1958, the couple was arrested for violating Virginia's "Racial Integrity Act," which made interracial marriages illegal. Their one-year sentence was suspended, provided they leave the state.

Several years later, after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the couple brought suit, with the assistance of the ACLU. In 1967, the Supreme Court held that the law violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. They had three children.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).