Title:
Loving Day Marks 1967 Victory for Legal Interracial Marriage
Show, Series, or Section:
American Life
Press Date:
06/11/2008
Press Category:
Radio
"On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a married couple named Loving – he was white, she was black. They lived in Virginia and had violated the southern state's law against inter-racial marriage. The high court's decision made interracial marriage legal in all 50 states. Today, the Loving decision is celebrated as an important victory for multi-culturalism and democracy. VOA's Adam Phillips reports."