Richard & Mildred Loving sued not for the right to marry (they had been able to remain married, but were forced to move to Washington DC in order to do so), but because they wanted to return to their beloved, inclusive Virginia community. That & more in today’s post! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Ben Railton
So for the next post in my Supreme Court Superlatives blog series, that exclusionary 1924 Virginia law, how the Lovings fought for an inclusive vision of American community, & other under-remembered & crucial contexts for Loving v. Virginia!
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[On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda v. Arizona decision, ruling in favor of the rights of the accused in interactions with law enforcement. That was one of those frustrati...
