Loving, 50 Years LaterPosted in Articles, Biography, History, Media Archive, United States on 2017-06-12 16:10Z by Steven |
The New York Times
2017-06-12
Barb and Matt Roose
Married: Medina, Ohio, July 18, 1992
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court decision that invalidated state laws restricting interracial marriage. Recently, we asked readers to share their experiences about being in a mixed-race relationship. We received more than 2,000 stories in just a few days.
Many people expressed profound ambivalence about the categories that drove antimiscegenation rules, while they described how their racial identity — or how others identified them — continued to shape their relationships and their social interactions. Some wrote about the resistance they faced from family and society, while others celebrated the particular richness of their lives. Here are some of those stories…
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