Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy

The landmark story of how interracial love and marriage changed American history—and continues to alter the landscape of American politics When Mildred and Richard Loving wed in 1958, they were ripped from their shared bed and taken to court.

Their crime: miscegenation, punished by exile from their home state of Virginia.

The resulting landmark decision of Loving v.

Virginia ended bans on interracial marriage and remains a signature case— the first to use the words “white supremacy” to describe such racism.