Cover of The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage

The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage

Selina Alko

Set in 1960s Virginia, the book recounts how Mildred and Richard Loving challenged a state law that treated their interracial marriage as a crime. It includes their three children and describes the Supreme Court’s 1967 decision in Loving v. Virginia. The narrative concerns one family’s fight for the freedom to marry across racial lines, illustrated with subdued mixed-media art.

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Book details

Themes
Family · History · Racism And Prejudice · Social Justice
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Published
December 1, 2020
ISBN-13
9780545478533
Language
English