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A woman, man, and two children seen at a protest. The girl's sign reads "My home is desegregated" and the man's sign says "Freedom Now."
Members of the Interracial Marriage Club protesting bans on interracial unions. (Photo: National Archives)

Loving v. Virginia strikes down anti-miscegenation laws.

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Members of the Interracial Marriage Club protesting bans on interracial unions. (Photo: National Archives)

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rules in Loving v. Virginia that anti-miscegenation laws are unconstitutional.

Mildred (a Black and Indigenous woman) and Richard (a white man) Loving are the couple at the center of the case. Five weeks after their wedding, they were arrested for violating Virginia's Racial Integrity Act that was passed in 1924.