What Is The Supreme Court Case Of Loving V. Virginia
The Loving The 1950’s was not an easy time for love. Especially if you were the first interracial couple. To Mildred and Richard Loving they were just your average couple living in the 50’s. However, others thought their relationship was sick and should not be allowed. Late one night as they went to bed, they had no idea that their lives were about to change forever (Phyl Newbeck).
Mildred was born on July 22, 1939 in Central Point, Virginia. Mildred Loving was of Native American, African American, and European descent. Mildred’s family had strong roots in Central Point, Virginia. As a young girl Mildred was very skinny, because of this she got the name “String bean”. She went to an all black high school. Although she had been very well educated, …show more content…
Virginia is a United States Supreme Court case which laws prohibited interracial marriage. The case was brought to Mildred and Richard Loving, a white man and a black woman, who were sentenced to a year in prison for being married. The marriage violated the anti-miscegenation law, which prohibited marriage between classified “white” and “colored” people.This is how a local Sheriff ,who is believed to have received a tip, entered Mildred and Richard’s bedroom around 2 a.m. and took them to the Bowling Green Jail where they were charged with violating state law. Mildred had stayed in jail several nights while Richard was able to post bail the next day. On January 6, 1956 the Loving’s pled guilty to “cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth.” That’s when the couple was sentenced to a year in prison, with the sentenced suspended if the couple were to leave Virginia and not to return to the state at the same time. Mildred, frustrated, that her and her husband could not live together decided to write Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy sent her to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU assigned Bernard Cohen and Philip Hirschkop to motion on behalf of the Lovings in the Virginia Caroline County Court. They then requested to vacate the criminal judgments and set aside the sentences because it’s in violation of the fourteenth amendment. Before the Loving v. Virginia case, there had been several cases on the …show more content…
Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
"Loving v. Virginia." Wikiwand. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
"Mildred Loving." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 07 Nov. 2016. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
Staff, Bio. "Richard Loving." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 10 Nov. 2016. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
Wang, Wendy. "Interracial Marriage: Who Is 'marrying Out'?" Pew Research Center. 12 June 2015. Web. 05 Apr.
Mildred was born on July 22, 1939 in Central Point, Virginia. Mildred Loving was of Native American, African American, and European descent. Mildred’s family had strong roots in Central Point, Virginia. As a young girl Mildred was very skinny, because of this she got the name “String bean”. She went to an all black high school. Although she had been very well educated, …show more content…
Virginia is a United States Supreme Court case which laws prohibited interracial marriage. The case was brought to Mildred and Richard Loving, a white man and a black woman, who were sentenced to a year in prison for being married. The marriage violated the anti-miscegenation law, which prohibited marriage between classified “white” and “colored” people.This is how a local Sheriff ,who is believed to have received a tip, entered Mildred and Richard’s bedroom around 2 a.m. and took them to the Bowling Green Jail where they were charged with violating state law. Mildred had stayed in jail several nights while Richard was able to post bail the next day. On January 6, 1956 the Loving’s pled guilty to “cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth.” That’s when the couple was sentenced to a year in prison, with the sentenced suspended if the couple were to leave Virginia and not to return to the state at the same time. Mildred, frustrated, that her and her husband could not live together decided to write Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy sent her to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU assigned Bernard Cohen and Philip Hirschkop to motion on behalf of the Lovings in the Virginia Caroline County Court. They then requested to vacate the criminal judgments and set aside the sentences because it’s in violation of the fourteenth amendment. Before the Loving v. Virginia case, there had been several cases on the …show more content…
Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
"Loving v. Virginia." Wikiwand. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
"Mildred Loving." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 07 Nov. 2016. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
Staff, Bio. "Richard Loving." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 10 Nov. 2016. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
Wang, Wendy. "Interracial Marriage: Who Is 'marrying Out'?" Pew Research Center. 12 June 2015. Web. 05 Apr.