Mildred Loving, matriarch of interracial marriage, dies

*jr · Post by *jr » Mon May 05, 2008 9:32 am

By DIONNE WALKER, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 9 minutes ago

RICHMOND, Va. - Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday.

Loving and her white husband, Richard, changed history in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their right to marry. The ruling struck down laws banning racially mixed marriages in at least 17 states.

They had married in Washington in 1958, when she was 18. Returning to their Virginia hometown, they were arrested within weeks and convicted on charges of "cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth," according to their indictments.

The couple avoided a year in jail by agreeing to a sentence mandating that they immediately leave Virginia. They moved to Washington and launched a legal challenge a few years later.

After the Supreme Court ruled, the couple returned to Virginia, where they lived with their children Donald, Peggy and Sidney.

Richard Loving died in 1975 in a car accident that also injured his wife.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_ ... bit_loving

Post by **Basra-** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:35 am

How sweet. I bet they felt 'special' for being stopped to marry, can't people figure out that this fuels their relationship?? The forbidden is always tempting.

Gifted · Post by **Gifted** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:38 am

Basra- wrote: How sweet. I bet they felt 'special' for being stopped to marry, can't people figure out that this fuels their relationship?? The forbidden is always tempting.

loool Basra

What an inspiration to all interacial couples, kudos to them.

*jr · Post by *jr » Mon May 05, 2008 9:42 am

Mr. & Mrs Loving 1967....their surname is certainly appropriate

zulaika · Post by **zulaika** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:03 am

ala he looks like he's a member of the clan...belo

whata house niggeratte.

xidigow · Post by **xidigow** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:11 am

zulaika wrote:ala he looks like he's a member of the clan...belo

whata house niggeratte.

Indeed he looks like he is from the KKK. If i didnt see the story and just saw his pic, I would 100% lebeled him a member of the clan.

QansaGabeyle · Post by **QansaGabeyle** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:19 am

She looks like she is mixed race herself.

Cawar · Post by **Cawar** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:24 am

Basra- wrote: How sweet. I bet they felt 'special' for being stopped to marry, can't people figure out that this fuels their relationship?? The forbidden is always tempting.

Isn that what happened to you when you..cheated..on..never mind...

But I agree with you..the forbidden fruit is very tempting..

Post by **Basra-** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:37 am

[quote="QansaGabeyle"]She looks like she is mixed race herself.[/quote]

exactly Qansa! She is a mixed race, otherwise the dude would have never have looked at her!

PS: she had natural dark lips like hawiyas, bisiinka.

kambuli · Post by **kambuli** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:03 am

Basra, quote " she had natural dark lips like hawiyas, bisiinka."

Huuno, ma biijaad leedahay?

What do you have against darka lips

Cawar · Post by **Cawar** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:11 am

Dark and big lips.. lik mine, lol

BABYGIRL123 · Post by **BABYGIRL123** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:23 am

How Sweet :love: but he realy does look like a member of the Clan.

The_Emperior5 · Post by **The_Emperior5** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:24 am

what clan

BABYGIRL123 · Post by **BABYGIRL123** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:30 am

Yours

The_Emperior5 · Post by **The_Emperior5** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:35 am

what does my clan got to do with labbo gaallo uu is ag fadhiya

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