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What was the significance of the Loving v. Virginia decision?
What was the significance of the Loving v. Virginia decision?
It struck down laws that banned marriages between people of different races as unconstitutional.
How many states had not repealed laws that forbid interracial marriages as of 1967?
How many states had not repealed laws that forbid interracial marriages as of 1967?
16 states
What were the names of the couple involved in the Loving v. Virginia case?
What were the names of the couple involved in the Loving v. Virginia case?
Mildred and Richard Loving
What were the racial backgrounds of Mildred and Richard Loving?
What were the racial backgrounds of Mildred and Richard Loving?
What was the condition set by the trial judge to put off the prison sentence of the Loving couple?
What was the condition set by the trial judge to put off the prison sentence of the Loving couple?
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Loving v. Virginia significance
Loving v. Virginia significance
Declared laws banning interracial marriage unconstitutional.
States without interracial marriage laws (1967)
States without interracial marriage laws (1967)
16 states still had anti-miscegenation laws.
Loving couple's names
Loving couple's names
Mildred and Richard Loving.
Loving couple's race
Loving couple's race
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Loving's trial condition
Loving's trial condition
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