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What was the Supreme Court’s decision in 1967’s Loving v. Virginia?
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Plaintiffs Richard and Mildred Loving, a white man and black woman, spent a year in prison after marrying each other. The American Civil Liberties Union helped bring the case to the Supreme Court who ruled that anti-miscegenation laws were unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.
What was the Supreme Court’s decision in 1967’s Loving v. Virginia?
- Laws prohibiting interracial marriage were invalidated
- The ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional
- African-American couples could get married in state courts
- All women, regardless of race, had the right to vote
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