The Lovings were married on July 11, 1958, and were arrested five weeks later when the county sheriff and two deputies burst into their bedroom in the early morning hours. In Loving v.Virginia, decided on June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down Virginia's law prohibiting interracial marriages as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.The appellants, Richard and Mildred Loving, of Caroline County, had married in … When they returned home, however, they were arrested and sentenced to one year in jail for violating the state's Racial Integrity Act. Richard spent a night in jail before being released on a $1,000 bond his sister procured. Mildred, however, was not allowed a bond. Loving v. Virginia was an important Supreme Court case, but it was also the story of a real couple. Yes. In 2007, 32 years after her husband died, Mrs Loving - who herself passed away the following year - released a statement in support of same-sex marriage. Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving grew up in Caroline County, Virginia. Because of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, interracial marriage was illegal in the Commonwealth of Virginia so Mildred and Richard married on June 2, 1958 in Washington, D.C. They fell in love and decided to get married. Loving v. Virginia was a Supreme Court case that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States. On November 4, almost 50 years after the Supreme Court’s 1967 decision that the Lovings’ marriage was valid—and that marriage is a universal right—Hollywood is set to release Loving, already on Oscar lists. The Lovings Celebrate Supreme Court Victory. "No, I didn't advise them not to get married," said Richard's mother, Lola Loving. As director Jeff Nichols explained when asked why he took on the project, “We have very painful wounds in this country, and they need to be brought out into the light. Did Richard's mother advise them not to get married? They tied the knot on June 2, 1958. The Lovings followed orders. Loving Decision: 40 Years of Legal Interracial Unions On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage in the landmark Loving v.Virginia ruling.

Nine years prior, in June 1958, the couple traveled to Washington, D.C. -- where interracial marriage was legal -- to get married. Loving v. Virginia (1967). The film was produced by Big Beach and Raindog Films, and distributed by Focus Features. Loving is a 2016 American biographical romantic drama film which tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the plaintiffs in the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court (the Warren Court) decision Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriage. The Lovings were taken to jail for the crime of being married. Although the Lovings were legally married in Washington, D.C., the state of Virginia, which the couple made their home in, was one of more than 20 states that made marriage between the races a …
Unfortunately, getting married was not as simple in 1958 as it was today. The Lovings' one-year sentences were suspended, but the plea bargain came with a price: The couple was ordered to leave the state and not return together for 25 years.