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from the Smithsonianmag

 

 

See the Marriage License From the Historic Loving Decision

 

In 1963, missing home, they contacted a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union to challenge their conviction. The original judge in the case, Leon Bazile, wouldn’t budge, saying, “Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And, but for the interference with his arrangement, there would be no cause for such marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.”

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The case did eventually make it to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in 1967 the Loving Decision legalized interracial marriage throughout the U.S.

In 1975, Richard died in a car accident, and Mildred passed away in 2008. Their story has gotten the Hollywood treatment, and now Loving is scheduled for release this November.

 


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I just finished reading a book called "The Free State of Jones". And yes, there is a movie out, but I have not seen it. It is a history about a group in Mississippi that did not want to leave the Union and ended up fighting against Confederate forces.

 

There is also a discussion about inter racial marriages, miscegenation laws and how people within the same families had different views on the subject. Overall an interesting book.

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This is back in the news again - I've seen several sources covering the 50th anniversary

 

‘We Are Not Unusual Anymore’: 50 Years of Mixed-Race Marriage in U.S.

 

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For their first date, in 1949, Leon Watson and Rosina Rodriquez headed to the movie theater. But each entered separately. First went Ms. Rodriquez, a fair-skinned woman who traces her roots to Mexico. Mr. Watson, who is black, waited several minutes before going in and sitting next to her.

 

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When they married in Oakland in 1950, mixed-race marriage had just become legal in California, the result of a lawsuit that reached the State Supreme Court. They are among the oldest living interracial couples legally married in the United States. It would be nearly two decades before all couples like them across the country were allowed to marry.
On Monday, they will mark the 50th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the United States Supreme Court case that overturned antimiscegenation laws nationwide. Mildred and Richard Loving, a black woman and a white man, had been sentenced to a year in a Virginia prison for marrying each other. The case would serve as a basis for the Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage.

 

 

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When I was a little boy my mother would take me to the matinee occasionally. One time I remember we where watching a love story in which a 6 year old had no interest in. In those day a parent didn't have to worry about their kids being abducted. So I explored the theater. I went up to the balcony to see what was up there. There where a number of blacks sitting there. The usher came and took me back to my mom and told her what happened. My mother was not a combative person and apologized. Della Reese was in town performing and after her show she decided to take a nice summer evening stroll. She crossed over into white only territory. A city cop clubbed her because of this. My YMCA had special hours for "colored" only. A soldier married a Vietnamese gal and brought her home they hardly could get service anywhere because she was one of them. I grew up in Glory, Glory Hallelujah land. (The North) Things have really changed the last 50 years.

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I just finished reading a book called "The Free State of Jones". And yes, there is a movie out, but I have not seen it. It is a history about a group in Mississippi that did not want to leave the Union and ended up fighting against Confederate forces.

 

There is also a discussion about inter racial marriages, miscegenation laws and how people within the same families had different views on the subject. Overall an interesting book.

 

There is a county in Alabama (Winston County) that seceded from the state and remained loyal to the Union.

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From an earlier time -

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On March 28, 1898, Wong Kim Ark won a court case against the United States. The decision established birthright citizenship for anyone born in the United States, regardless of race or nationality. Fifteen years later, before taking a trip abroad, Ark received this signed certificate from the Angel Island Immigration Commissioner verifying his claim that he was an American citizen.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/293679531336334/permalink/746423996061883/
 Angel Island Immigration Station
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On 4/3/2021 at 1:57 PM, Randy W said:

They'll let you know when it's available - https://www.netflix.com/title/80099974

EDIT: That link may only work if you are logged into your Netflix account

Roger Ebert's review - https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/loving-2016

NOW they tell me "Loving is still on your list" ( I had just added it yesterday). - sure enough, I can watch it.

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