Mildred loving biography

She was the wife of Richard Loving who was white while she was African American. This they did through a Supreme Court ruling that affected the whole of the United States of America. She died on May 2, , at the age of sixty nine. She was born into an African American family. She became an activist in the Civil Rights Movement of the s and s.

At the time she met Richard Loving, she was still determined and devoted at fighting for the rights of the blacks. They got married, and their marriage apparently breached the Racial Integrity Act of Virginia. We are not marrying the state. The law should allow a person to marry anyone he wants. Virginia Supreme Court decision. The majority believed that what the judge said, that it was God's plan to keep people apart, and that government should discriminate against people in love.

But I have lived long enough now to see big changes. The older generation's fears and prejudices have given way, and today's young people realize that if someone loves someone they have a right to marry. Surrounded as I am now by wonderful children and grandchildren, not a day goes by that I don't think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me to have that freedom to marry the person precious to me, even if others thought he was the "wrong kind of person" for me to marry.

I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people's religious beliefs over others. Especially if it denies people's civil rights. I am still not a political person, but I am proud that Richard's and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, black or white, young or old, gay or straight seek in life.

Her daughter, Peggy Loving Fortune, said, "I want [people] to remember her as being strong and brave, yet humble—and believ[ing] in love. Virginia: [24] "A modest homemaker, Loving never thought she had done anything extraordinary. It aired on the Showtime network. According to Loving, "Not much of it was very true. The only part of it right was I had three children.

Virginia Hasn't Always Been for Lovers. A soft-spoken, shy woman of African and Native-American descent, she possessed a quiet charm but like her husband, had no desire to bring attention to herself. But the attention would come, and it would change the course of American history. The couple had to flee Virginia to avoid prison time In , the couple was jolted out of their bed in the middle of the night and arrested by local Virginia police.

Their crime: violating the Racial Integrity Act of , which forbid interracial marriage. His office then recommended that she get in touch with the American Civil Liberties Union. Cohen and Philip J. Hirschkop, took on the Lovings' case later that year. During the proceedings, Richard, a generally silent fellow, was adamant about his devotion to his wife and would hear no talk of divorce.

Mildred loving biography

Loving v. In Loving v. Virginia , the highest bench in the land unanimously struck down Virginia's law on June 12, , thus allowing the couple to legally return home while also ending the ban on interracial marriages in other states.