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The love story that changed history: Fascinating photographs of interracial marriage at a time when it was banned in 16 states

Just 45 years ago, 16 states deemed marriages between two people of different races illegal.

But in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the case of Richard Perry Loving, who was white, and his wife, Mildred Loving, of African American and Native American descent.

The case changed history - and was captured on film by LIFE photographer Grey Villet, whose black-and-white photographs are now set to go on display at the International Center of Photography.

Twenty images show the tenderness and family support enjoyed by Mildred and Richard and their three children, Peggy, Sidney and Donald.

The children, unaware of the struggles their parents face, are captured by Villet as blissfully happy as they play in the fields near their Virginia home or share secrets with their parents on the couch.

Their parents, caught sharing a kiss on their front porch, appear more worry-stricken.

And it is no wonder - eight years prior, the pair had married in the District of Columbia to evade the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which banned any white person marrying any non-white person.

But when they returned to Virginia, police stormed into their room in the middle of the night and they were arrested.

The pair were found guilty of miscegenation in 1959 and were each sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for 25 years if they left Virginia.

They moved back to the District of Columbia, where they began the long legal battle to erase their criminal records - and justify their relationship.

Following vocal support from the Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches, the Lovings won the fight - with the Supreme Court branding Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law unconstitutional in 1967.

It wrote in its decision: ‘Marriage is one of the basic civil rights of man, fundamental to our very existence and survival.

‘To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State’s citizens of liberty without due process of law.’ [Read more] 

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thedailywhat:

What Has Been Seen of the Day: Naturally, he’s already a meme.

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think-progress:

A MAJOR WIN for women’s health!

WOAH, DAMN!

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ekw29:

Cause the gelato shop guy right by our hotel knows my order. My exact order. That’s never happened.

“Un piccolo-“

“-cono di limone.”

But then everyone laughed at me and he said, “Oh no, it’s okay. She’s beautiful!”

Off to the discoteca to get some drank on before leaving on Sunday.

One beer in from dinner. Cover charge is 10 euro and it includes two drinks.

And body shots.

To be continued….

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7princesses:

ant0ni0:

Adele - Hiding My Heart

How have I not discovered this before now? Adele covering Brandi Carlile?! What!

wow

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thedailywhat:

PSA of the Day: Megaupload shuttered by the feds! Its employees arrested overseas! Its multimillion-dollar assets seized! Its archenemies brought down by Anonymous! Its CEO… is Alicia Keys husband?!

We’re following the developing drama over at TDW: Geek, and you should too.

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wahhhhhhhhhh :(

selenarox:

UH YUP.

i think i’ve reblogged this before but it’s SO DAMN FUNNY. and true

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selenarox:

thedailywhat:

RIP: Sad news out of University of Utah Hospital today, where champion freestyle skier Sarah Burke passed away after succumbing to injuries she sustained following a training accident.

She was 29.

The four-time X Games winner who became an icon in her sport suffered irreversible brain damage following a cardiac arrest brought on by a vertebral artery rupture she suffered as a result of a halfpipe accident which occurred nine days ago at Park City Mountain Resort.

The infamous Eagle Superpipe was also the site of snowboarder Kevin Pearce’s 2009 training accident which resulted in a traumatic brain injury. He has since recovered.

“Sarah, in many ways, defines the sport,” said the CEO of Canada’s freestyle team, Peter Judge, prior to Burke’s death. “She’s been involved since the very, very early days as one of the first people to bring skis into the pipe. She’s also been very dedicated in trying to define her sport but not define herself by winning. For her, it’s been about making herself the best she can be rather than comparing herself to other people.”

Her family released a statement confirming her death, but has asked the media for privacy to mourn their loss.

Below: Sarah Burke takes home the superpipe gold at Winter X Games 2011.

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She was a really great skier, this is such a bummer. However, I feel like if I have to die, I wouldn’t mind dying doing something I was truly passionate about.

so tragic :(