The Lovings were an interracial married couple who were criminally charged under a Virginia statute banning such marriages. The Lovings filed suit seeking to overturn the law. In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, striking down the Virginia statute and all state anti-miscegenation laws asunconstitutional violations of the Fourteenth Amendment

The Lovings were an interracial married couple who were criminally charged under a Virginia statute banning such marriages. The Lovings filed suit seeking to overturn the law. In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, striking down the Virginia statute and all state anti-miscegenation laws asunconstitutional violations of the Fourteenth Amendment

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