{"id":36658,"date":"2014-11-09T17:36:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T17:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=36658"},"modified":"2017-06-12T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T13:37:38","slug":"race-sex-and-the-freedom-to-marry-loving-v-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=36658","title":{"rendered":"Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry: Loving v. Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry: <\/strong><\/em>Loving v. Virginia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

University Press of Kansas<\/a>
\nNovember 2014
\n296 pages
\n5-1\/2 x 8-1\/2
\nCloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1999-3, $39.95(s)
\nPaper ISBN 978-0-7006-2000-5, $19.95(s)
\nEbook ISBN 978-0-7006-2048-7<\/p>\n

Peter Wallenstein<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of History
\nVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University<\/em><\/p>\n

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In 1958 Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving, two young lovers from Caroline County, Virginia<\/a>, got married. Soon they were hauled out of their bedroom in the middle of the night and taken to jail. Their crime? Loving was white, Jeter was not, and in Virginia\u2014as in twenty-three other states then\u2014interracial marriage was illegal. Their experience reflected that of countless couples across America since colonial times. And in challenging the laws against their marriage, the Lovings closed the book on that very long chapter in the nation\u2019s history. Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry<\/em> tells the story of this couple and the case that forever changed the law of race and marriage in America.<\/p>\n

The story of the Lovings and the case they took to the Supreme Court<\/a> involved a community, an extended family, and in particular five main characters\u2014the couple, two young attorneys, and a crusty local judge who twice presided over their case\u2014as well as such key dimensions of political and cultural life as race, gender, religion, law, identity, and family. In Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry<\/em>, Peter Wallenstein brings these characters and their legal travails to life, and situates them within the wider context\u2014even at the center\u2014of American history. Along the way, he untangles the arbitrary distinctions that long sorted out Americans by racial identity\u2014distinctions that changed over time, varied across space, and could extend the reach of criminal law into the most remote community. In light of the related legal arguments and historical development, moreover, Wallenstein compares interracial and same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

A fair amount is known about the saga of the Lovings and the historic court decision that permitted them to be married and remain free. And some of what is known, Wallenstein tells us, is actually true. A detailed, in-depth account of the case, as compelling for its legal and historical insights as for its human drama, this book at long last clarifies the events and the personalities that reconfigured race, marriage, and law in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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