Loving Vs Virginia

. “Loving v. Virginia was a Supreme Court case that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States.” (History) Believing that love is love made a huge effect on everyone and shifted the way individuals thought. In the 60’s, it was said to be easier to sit back instead of fighting for what you believe in. People who fell in love, but could not be together put this to the test and changed the country. After their movement, many more happy couples came to love their significant other.

The case of Loving vs Virginia forced the United States to remove interracial marriage decimation laws in the 1960’s after two people were willing to break it. After being family friends, “two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a black

In the United States, loving someone of another race was illegal. Your soulmate had to be your race. Two people told the country that was incorrect. Richard and Mildred, white male and an African American female, grew up together before starting their relationship. When they became older, they dated off and on. They went to Washington D.C to get married, where it was legal to commit your whole life to someone of another race. Five years later, two officers went into the home of the Loving’s at 2 am. Both Richard and Mildred were under arrest for committing the crime of marrying someone of another race. Before spending time in prison, “The judge sentenced the Lovings to one year in jail but suspended the sentence on the condition that the couple leave the state immediately and not return as man and wife for a period of 25 years. “ (Britannica). Richard spent a night in prison after getting his $1,000 bond paid by his sister, and Mildred did not get a bond at all. Mildred spend three nights in prison, being released only due to one of her parents needing care that she had to provide to them. Love is love. Love is patient. Love is kind. (Bible) People see love deeper than a skin tone. People see love deeper than a religion. In the United States, loving someone of another race was illegal. “The plaintiffs in the case were Richard and Mildred Loving, a white man and black woman whose marriage was deemed illegal according to Virginia state law.”