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June 12th

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  1. 1967
    The Rise

    Loving v. Virginia decided

    The U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously in Loving v. Virginia that state laws barring interracial marriage violate the 14th Amendment. Mildred and Richard Loving had been arrested at home in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1958. Sixteen states still had bans on their books the day the opinion came down.

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