"In June 1958, Richard Loving, a white man, and Mildred Jeter, a
black woman, quietly married in Washington, DC. They returned home to
Virginia and woke up one morning with policemen in their bedroom. The
Lovings were arrested for violating the Racial Integrity Act of 1924.
Richard and Mildred were found guilty and sentenced to
one year in jail, or they could accept a plea bargain and leave
Virginia. So they left. But by 1963, they sought legal help and the case
was eventually sent to the United States Supreme Court..."
Loving v Virginia
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