History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1995 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Loving v. Virginia
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The idea
In nineteen sixty-seven the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Loving v. Virginia that race-based bans on marriage violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
In practice
The Lovings, after a series of appeals, free at last, the anchor says, to be a public couple.
Where people slip
The ruling voided the remaining state bans on interracial marriage; Brown had applied the same amendment to schools.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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