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These resources include racial terms quoted from historical and external documents that some may find offensive.
Press
See our Press page in the About section.
Social Media
- Instagram: @lovingday
- Facebook:@lovingdayproject
- Twitter: @lovingday
Websites
- Wikipedia: Loving Day
Films
- Loving (2016) directed by Jeff Nichols
- The Loving Story (2011) directed by Nancy Buirski
Video
Audio
- Oyez: Loving v. Virginia (1967) audio of oral arguments
- Oyez: McLaughlin v. Florida (1964) audio or oral arguments
Websites
- Racebox: The US Census Since 1790
- Wikipedia: Loving v. Virginia
- Wikipedia: Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States
- Wikipedia: Miscegenation (Note: global perspective)
Books (Photography)
- The Lovings: An Intimate Portrait (2017) by Grey Villet and Barbara Villet
Note: many of the iconic photos of the Loving family are by Grey Villet.
Books
- Tell the Court I Love My Wife: Race, Marriage, and Law – An American History (2004) by Peter Wallenstein
- Virginia Hasn’t Always Been for Lovers: Interracial Marriage Bans and the Case of Richard and Mildred Loving (2008) by Phyl Newbeck
- Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry: Loving v. Virginia (2014) by Peter Wallenstein
- Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case (2017) by Patricia Hruby Powell and Shadra Strickland. Note: readers have recommended this book for a young adult audience. It tells the Lovings’ story through verse and illustrations.
- What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America (2008) by Peggy Pascoe
Articles
- USA Today: Before ‘Loving’, Kinney case crossed the color line (2017) by Dale Brumfield
- The Hollywood reporter: From the Hays Code to ‘Loving’: Hollywood’s History With Interracial Romance (2016) by Rebecca Sun
- Life: The Crime of Being Married (March 18, 1966) photography by Grey Villet
Articles (Academic)
- Journal of American History: Miscegenation Law, Court Cases, and Ideologies of ‘Race’ in Twentieth-Century America (1996) by Peggy Pascoe
Books
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020) by Isabel Wilkerson
- Between the World and Me (2015) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Films
- 13th (2016) directed by Ava DuVernay
- Just Mercy (2019) directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
- Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (2017) directed by John Ridley
Video
- TED: The urgency of intersectionality (2016) featuring Kimberlé Crenshaw
Note: Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” which is now widely used, and was first published in her piece in the Stanford Law Review article “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color.”
Websites
- The National Museum of African American History and Culture: Being Antiracist. Note: this is part of the NMAAHC “Talking About Race” resources, which includes materials on Bias, Community Building, Historical Foundations of Race, and more.
- American University: Defining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Maddox Pennington. Note: this is one section of a larger “Antiracist Praxis” resource that includes materials on Race, Racism, Allyship, and more.
Films
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1967) directed by Stanley Kramer
- Mississippi Masala (1991) directed by Mira Nair
- Sayonara (1957) directed by Joshua Logan
Books (Photography)
- Love in Color series: Denver in Color (2017) by Jason Davis and Jonathan Castner
- Love in Color series: Atlanta in Color (2020) by Jason Davis and Jerry King
Articles
- The New York Times: For Interracial Couples, Advocacy Is a Love Language (2020) by Brianna Holt
- Also see our Attitudes and Statistics page
Websites
- Wikipedia: Interracial marriage (Note: global perspective)
Audio
- The Loving Project: Episode 13: Loving Day Special (2017) produced by Farrah Parkes and Brad Linder. Note: Also see the Loving Project Exhibit (2017)
Documents
- Bill of Rights for People of Mixed Heritage (1993) by Maria P. P. Root
- Multiracial Oath of Social Responsibility (2004) by Maria P. P. Root
- 50 Experiences of Racially Mixed People (1996) by Maria P. P. Root
Articles
- NPR Code Switch: All Mixed Up: What Do We Call People Of Multiple Backgrounds? (2016) by Leah Donnella
- Also see our Attitudes and Statistics page
Films
- What Are You? (2019) directed by Richard B. Pierre
- Mixed Match (2016) directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns
- Hafu (2013) directed by Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi
- One Big Hapa Family (2010) directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns
- Imitation of Life (1959) directed by Douglas Sirk. Note: based on a 1933 novel, and previously released as a film in 1934. This film is part of the “tragic mulatto” genre which also includes films like Pinky (1949) and Show Boat (film versions from 1929, 1936, 1951, and a stage musical in 1927)
Video
- Topic: The Loving Generation (2018) directed and produced by Lacey Schwartz and Mehret Mandefro
- Lunar: The Jewish-Asian Film Project (2021) by Davi Cheng, Jared Chiang-Zeizel, Jenni Rudolph, and Gen Slosberg
Audio
- The Washington Post: Other: Mixed Race in America (2017) hosted by Alex Laughlin
Social Media
- Mixedpresent (@mixedpresent) on Instagram
- MixedintheSix (@mixedinthesix) on Instagram
- Mixed and Happy (@mixedandhappy) on Facebook
Books (Photography)
- Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids (2010) by Kip Fulbeck
- Part Asian, 100% Hapa (2006) by Kip Fulbeck
- Hafu 2 Hafu (2019) by Tetsuro Miyazaki
Books (Academic)
- Global Mixed Race (2014) edited by Rebecca C. King O’Riain
- Hapa Japan: History (Volume 1) and Hapa Japan: Identities and Representations (Volume 2) (2017) edited by Duncan Ryuken Williams
Websites
- Wikipedia: Multiracial people (Note: global perspective)
- Blasian Project
- Blended Future Project
- Mixed Asian Media
- Mixedracestudies.org
Organizations
- See Mixed Roots Foundation and NASPA Multiracial KC (also under Organizations)
Books
- Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption (2006) edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and Sun Yung Shin
Films
- Closure (2013) directed by Bryan Tucker
Books (for kids)
- The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage (2015) by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls
- Antiracist Baby (2020) by Ibram X. Kendi and Ashley Lukashevsky
- Mixed Me! (2015) by Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans
- Mixed Critters (2018) by Jeff Chiba Stearns
Books (for parents)
- Raising Multiracial Children: Tools for Nurturing Identity in a Racialized World (2020) by Farzana Nayani
- Being All of Me: A Handbook for Teachers and Parents of Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Transracially Adopted Children (2017) by Farzana Nayani, Dr. Laurel Hoa, Thomas Lopez, Amanda V. Coronel
- Raising Mixed Race: Multiracial Asian Children in a Post-Racial World (2015) by Sharon H. Chang
Services
- Dr. Jenn Noble. Note: Dr. Noble is a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, CA specializing in adolescents, parents, and the mixed race experience.
Websites
Articles
See our Attitudes and Statistics page in the Learn section.
Organizations (Community)
United States
- Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC)
- Mixed Marrow
- Loving Day Vermont
- Midwest Mixed
- Biracial Family Network (BFN)
- Mixed Roots Foundation
- H.O.N.E.Y. Inc
Netherlands
Italy
France
Austria
Switzerland
Japan
Organizations (For Students)
Note that student organizations are formed and dissolved often, so this list may not be complete or current. Please consider it as a starting point when searching for student organizations. If you are a student or faculty, check your campus organizations. If none exists, consider starting (or restarting) one.
- Brown: Brown’s Organization for Multiracial/Biracial Students (BOMBS)
- UC Berkeley: Mixed at Berkeley
- Cornell: miXed at Cornell
- UCLA: Mixed Student Union at UCLA
- UMD College Park: MBSA at UMD College Park
- University or Wisconsin La Crosse: IOPA (Intercultural Organization Promoting Awareness)
- The Ohio State University: Half-Asian People’s Association
- Tufts: Tufts Association of Multiracial People
- University of Washington: The Mixed Student Union at the University of Washington
- Smith College: Multi-ethnic Interracial Smith College
- Wesleyan: Multi-Ethnic Interracial Cross-Cultural (MIX Club)
Organizations (For Educators)
- NASPA Multiracial KC: Transracial Adoptee and Multiracial Knowledge Community
- ACPA Multiracial Network
