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The Lovings ~~On June 12th, 1967, the Court's ruling declared all laws against interracial marriage in the United States to be unconstitutional.
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Richard P. Loving, and his wife Mildred, shown in this January 26, 1965 photograph, will file a suit at Federal Court in Richmond, Va., asking for permission to live as husband and wife in Virginia. Both are from Carolin County, south of Fredericksburg, Va., and were married in Washington in 1958. Upon their return the interracial couple was convicted under the state's miscegenation law that bans mixed marriages. They received a suspended sentence on the condition they leave the state, but they now want to return to Virginia. (AP Photo)
With fight for same-sex marriage such a regular point of conflict today, it's easy to forget about the first fight for marriage equality: interracial marriage. But while anti-miscegenation laws may seem like a relic of the past, it wasn't until 2000 that Alabama became the last state to adapt its constitutional laws on interracial marriage.
In 1967, the United States Supreme Court put an end to the prohibition of interracial marriage in the monumental case of Loving v. Virginia.
The case was sparked by Mildred Loving, née Jeter, who after discovering she was pregnant traveled with boyfriend Richard Loving and from their home in Virginia to Washington, D.C. They made the move to evade Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which prohibited them from marrying John was a white male while Mildred was black and Native American.
Five weeks after their nuptials, they returned to Virginia. An anonymous tip led to a police raid. Instead of finding them having sex, which was another criminal offense at the time, they caught them sleeping in their marital bed. The couple was taken to jail after Mildred pointed out their D.C. marriage certificate. It was used as evidence of "cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth."
The Lovings were sentenced to one year in prison, but it was suspended on the condition that the couple leaves Virginia and not return together for 25 years.
Initially they did just that, but by 1963, Mildred had enough and decided to write to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The letter inspired Kennedy to connect her with the ACLU, which took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 12th, 1967, the Court's ruling declared all laws against interracial marriage in the United States to be unconstitutional.
While cases like Brown v. Board of Education or Rosa Parks' stand against segregation are taught regularly in schools, the Loving case gets less attention. Thirty-six years after the trial, Ken Tanabe first learned of the case as a grad student and founded the Loving Day Project to commemorate the anniversary. He, like many others, discovered it by accident.
"I realized that I might not be alive today (along with millions of other Americans) if it wasn't for this case and those that came before it," Tanabe, who is mixed race, told AOL via email.
The project has since expanded from its humble roots in New York City across the nation and even around the world.
According to a recent Gallup poll, 11 percent of Americans do not interracial marriage. When the Lovings were arrested the numbers, disapproval ratings were 94 percent. The falling disapprove numbers may appear to be a victory, but Tanabe says they are still worth worrying about.
"When Barack Obama was elected president, some people thought that racism was 'over.' While his election was an important sign of progress, it's dangerous to believe we can stop being vigilant and proactive," Tanabe explained. "The stories surrounding Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and so many others are some well-known examples. Racism also affects interracial couples and multiracial people every day."
Rather than remain mutually exclusive, Loving Day embraced, and been embraced, by the LGBTQ community. On the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, Mrs. Loving urged that gay men and lesbians should be allowed to marry. A march has been planned for this year's Loving Day in Abilene, TX by Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
"We see Loving Day as an educational resource for everyone to learn more about the history of marriage and understanding it as a civil rights issue," said Tenebe.
National attention turned to Loving v. Virginia in 2011 when 'The Loving Story' premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was purchased by HBO. This year, Jeff Nichols, writer and director of the Matthew McCounghey flick 'Mud,' announced he will direct a new Hollywood "Loving" film starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton.
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a message from Rep. John Lewis ~Reinstate Voting Rights Protections
I'm deeply saddened.
If Congress doesn't act, this will be the first election in 50 years without critical protections from the Voting Rights Act.
the right to vote is precious… even sacred.
That's why in 1963, I marched on Washington with Martin Luther King for the right to vote.
That's why in 1965, I gave a little blood on that bridge in Selma, Alabama for the right to vote.
Folks marched for this. Folks fought for this. And some even died for the right to vote.
But today, the vital protections in the Voting Rights Act have been gutted by the conservative Justices on the Supreme Court.
Will you stand with me to demand basic voter protections be reinstated?
Voting is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society. And we've got to use it!
Will you demand that Republicans fix the Voting Rights Act?
Congressman John Lewis
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"Born one of nine siblings in Mexico, [my papa] worked as a teenager helping my grandpa make and sell potato chips and delivering mercancía (merchandise/goods), but he knew he wanted more. The United States called to him."
— White House staffer Ginette Magaña, on her father's journey to America
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Gift of Ginette DePreist in memory of James DePreist. Photo by Hugh Talman, Smithsonian Institution.
Dear Charter Members and Friends,
The orange-and-black velvet ensemble Marian Anderson (1897-1993) wore during her Easter Sunday performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 has entered the museum's collection of the Smithsonians' National Museum of African American History and Culture.In honor of the 75th anniversary of that historic concert — one seen by more than 75,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial — the museum will put the classic skirt and blouse on display at the entrance to its gallery in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. It will be on view from Tuesday, April 8, until September 2014. April 9 is the 75th anniversary of the concert.
The concert attire is part of a collection donated to the museum by Ginette DePreist, the widow of the celebrated conductor James DePreist (1936-2013) who was Anderson's nephew.
By the time Anderson gave that Lincoln Memorial performance, she had established a stellar reputation in Europe. But despite her successes abroad, racial discrimination in the United States continued to create obstacles in her career. Howard University wanted to host Anderson for a concert engagement in Washington, D.C., and approached the Daughters of the American Revolution about using Constitution Hall. DAR had a policy that barred the use of the hall by African American performers, and Howard had made similar requests in the past without success. Once again, the DAR denied the concert planners' request. DAR's refusal to let Anderson perform at Constitution Hall became a national story when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt publicly resigned her membership in the organization: "You had the opportunity to lead in an enlightened way, and it seems to me that your organization has failed." In response, Walter White, executive secretary of the NAACP, and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes arranged for Anderson to give a public concert on the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939. Learn More
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'Racial Justice Act' repealed in North Carolina' ~~ Information we must ALL read& know
By Matt Smith, CNN
updated 3:48 AM EDT, Fri June 21, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/06/21/ac-lavandera-pkg-death-due-to-race.cnn.html
The 2009 law allowed inmates to argue that race played a role in sentences
Gov. Pat McCrory said it effectively halted capital punishment in the state
Democrats say four condemned convicts had their sentences reduced to life under the law
(CNN) — North Carolina's governor says he agreed to repeal a law that allowed inmates to challenge their death sentences on racial grounds because it effectively banned capital punishment in the state.
North Carolina legislators barred death sentences "sought or obtained on the basis of race" in 2009, when both houses of the state General Assembly were under Democratic control.
The, legislation, known as the Racial Justice Act, allowed condemned convicts to use statistical analysis to argue that race played a role in their sentencing.
Was race a factor in death sentence?
Republicans who took control of the Legislature in 2010 weakened the law last year, overriding a veto by then-Gov. Bev Perdue, a Democrat.
Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican elected in 2012, followed legislative action and signed its complete repeal Wednesday.
"Nearly every person on death row, regardless of race, has appealed their death sentence under the Racial Justice Act," McCrory said in a statement Wednesday. "The state's district attorneys are nearly unanimous in their bipartisan conclusion that the Racial Justice Act created a judicial loophole to avoid the death penalty and not a path to justice."
The state still allowed capital punishment even while the Racial Justice Act was on the books. But state Democrats said the law resulted in at least four convicts being taken off death row after judges ruled that their sentences resulted from racial bias, with their sentences commuted to life in prison instead.
About 53% of the 153 convicts awaiting execution in North Carolina are black, according to the state Department of Public Safety, while about 40% are white. African-Americans make up about 22% of the state's population, according to Census figures.
CNN's Joe Sutton contributed to this report.
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