Rest in peace, Mildred Loving.

[orichalcum]

Who was Mildred Loving? The African-American woman whose love for a white man struck down the law prohibiting interracial marriage in the United States in 1967, in the wonderfully named Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia. It's because of Mildred Loving - and the ACLU, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy - that someone like Barack Obama is allowed to ride in a car safely with a white woman, and that his daughters can marry whomever they choose.

Her husband died in a car accident only 8 years after they were allowed to move back to Virginia, but Mrs. Loving is survived by two children, eight grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. Those kids are the future of America, I hope.

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[msarden.livejournal.com]

Here's the speech she gave on the 40th Anniversary of that decision.

http://www.positiveliberty.com/2007/06/mildred-lovings-statement.html

I think it's pretty awesome that she took that opportunity to support equal rights in marriage for GLBT people, too.