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Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry: Loving v. Virginia (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
Peter Wallenstein
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Paperback. The history of the court battle over the right of interracial marriage which overturned discriminatory state laws and the precedent's value in the case for same-sex marriage. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: LNDC; LNMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
In 1958 Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving, two young lovers from Caroline County, Virginia, got married. Soon they were hauled out of their bedroom in the middle of the night and taken to jail. Their crime? Loving was white, Jeter was not, and in Virginia--as in twenty-three other states then--interracial marriage was illegal. Their experience reflected that of countless couples across America since colonial times. And in challenging the laws against their marriage, the Lovings closed the book on that very long chapter in the nation's history. Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry tells the story of this couple ... Read more
In 1958 Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving, two young lovers from Caroline County, Virginia, got married. Soon they were hauled out of their bedroom in the middle of the night and taken to jail. Their crime? Loving was white, Jeter was not, and in Virginia--as in twenty-three other states then--interracial marriage was illegal. Their experience reflected that of countless couples across America since colonial times. And in challenging the laws against their marriage, the Lovings closed the book on that very long chapter in the nation's history. Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry tells the story of this couple ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Landmark Law Cases and American Society
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700620005
SKU
V9780700620005
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About Peter Wallenstein
Peter Wallenstein is professor of history at Virginia Tech, USA. He is the author of many books including Cradle of America: A History of Virginia, also from Kansas.
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