Case Study: Richard Loving V. The Lovings
• In 1958, Richard Loving, a white construction worker, and Mildred Jeter, who was a black and Native American heritage married in Washington, D.C.
• The couple returned to Virginia. They were charged with unlawful cohabitation and jailed.
• The Lovings, were accused of violating the state’s “Racial Integrity Act of 1924, an anti-miscegenation statute.
• The Lovings were sentenced to a year in prison, but the judge set then free under the condition they leave Virginia.
• In 1963, the Lovings filed a motion in State Trail court on the grounds on Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment were violated.
• This was a racial discrimination case.
• The couple returned to Virginia. They were charged with unlawful cohabitation and jailed.
• The Lovings, were accused of violating the state’s “Racial Integrity Act of 1924, an anti-miscegenation statute.
• The Lovings were sentenced to a year in prison, but the judge set then free under the condition they leave Virginia.
• In 1963, the Lovings filed a motion in State Trail court on the grounds on Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment were violated.
• This was a racial discrimination case.