Mildred and Richard Loving married in 1958 in Washington – where interracial marriage was legal – then moved to their home in Central Point, Virginia. Weeks later, the local sheriff came into their home in the middle of the night and they were charged with violating several Virginia codes, including one that made it “unlawful for any white person in the state to marry any save a white person.”⁠ ⁠ Mr. and Mrs. Loving pleaded guilty and were sentenced to either a year in prison or a 25-year banishment from the state. They chose the latter, moved to Washington and had three children. In 1967, they were arrested while visiting Virginia. Mildred wrote to the US attorney general – a man by the name of Robert Kennedy – for help, and he referred her to the ACLU.⁠ ⁠ And the rest is history: On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled that the purpose of miscegenation laws was rooted in racism and violated the Constitution.⁠ ⁠ Read more about the Loving's story at the link in ...