
Interracial marriage in America
* Interracial Marriage History For more than 300 years the laws of America banned interracial marriage. History shows that black people were viewed as slaves, the help and sex objects, but love conquers all. In 1964, nearly 100 years after slaves were freed by Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to ban interracial marriage. Since then interracial couples have fought against their own culture and popular opinion to change the sentiment around mixed race. Since Then…. 50 years have passed since interracial marriage became legal everywhere in the United States. Loving Day is a holiday made for interracial couples to celebrate the anniversary of the Loving V. Virginia Supreme Court case in 1967. This case was created by Mildred Loving. A black woman who married her white husband Richard Loving. He was sentenced […]