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Publication Date: 1995
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The Right to Marry: "Loving v. Virginia."
Wallenstein, Peter
OAH Magazine of History, v9 n2 p37-41 Win 1995
Discusses the background, legal issues, and significance of the Supreme Court decision, "Loving v. Virginia" (1967). Outlines the history of laws against interracial marriage throughout U.S. history. Asserts that interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, applying federal civil rights to the states, was a key factor in the case. (CFR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Protection, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal State Relationship, Federalism, Laws, Marriage, Racial Discrimination, Racial Identification, Racial Relations, Social Discrimination, Whites
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Fourteenth Amendment; United States Constitution
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