{"id":7142,"date":"2020-06-12T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T18:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-is-loving-day-and-how-did-it-become-a-symbol-for-interracial-couples\/"},"modified":"2020-06-12T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T18:14:00","slug":"what-is-loving-day-and-how-did-it-become-a-symbol-for-interracial-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-loving-day-and-how-did-it-become-a-symbol-for-interracial-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"#What is Loving Day and how did it become a symbol for interracial couples?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#What is Loving Day and how did it become a symbol for interracial couples?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 12, 2020 |<\/span> 2:14pm <\/p>\n

\n Fifty-three years ago Friday, the Supreme Court struck down 16 state bans on interracial marriage, paving the way for black and white couples to get married in the aftermath of the vicious Jim Crow era.<\/p>\n

June 12 is now known as Loving Day \u2014 which is a play on the last name of the plaintiffs in the landmark case \u2014 and has become a celebration of a decision that would forever change matrimony in America.<\/p>\n

The story behind Loving Day is detailed in author Peter Wallenstein\u2019s book, \u201cRace, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry: Loving v. Virginia,\u201d said USA Today, which added that the story was later depicted in a 2016 movie and 2011 documentary.<\/p>\n

It all began in 1958 when Mildred Loving got pregnant and travel<\/a>ed with her soon-to-be husband Richard Loving to Washington D.C. to get married, Wallenstein said.<\/p>\n

Soon after they returned to their home in Caroline County, Virginia, they were roused in the middle of the night by cops who arrested them for breaking a law against interracial couples.<\/p>\n

The Loving couple was thrown in jail on \u201cunlawful cohabitation\u201d charges and were given two options \u2014 they could either stay in jail, or leave the state for 25 years.<\/p>\n

The Loving\u2019s chose to leave, but they didn\u2019t give up without a fight.<\/p>\n

Mildred petitioned then Attorney General<\/a> Robert F. Kennedy, who told her to enlist the American Civil Liberties Union for help.<\/p>\n

The ACLU took the case and brought it all the way to the Supreme Court where all sitting justices ruled the case should be overturned on June 12, 1967.<\/p>\n

Over 30 years after the Loving v. Virginia landmark ruling, designer Ken Tanabe made it the subject of his graduate thesis project at Parsons School of Design, which eventually grew into Loving Day.<\/p>\n

Tanabe said the holiday is now celebrated around the world and told USA Today the name isn\u2019t \u201cjust a reference to a real couple who fought racial injustices.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also represents the love that we give to each other,\u201d Tanabe said.<\/p>\n

Typically, volunteers coordinate a flagship event in New York City but in 2020, at the height of Black Lives Matter movement, Tanabe said the day should be celebrated with \u201ca meaningful pause\u201d in honor of the modern fight for racial justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been asking folks to continue that tradition of observing Loving Day in meaningful and personal ways but also by joining us in coming together in support of black lives and justice,\u201d Tanabe told the outlet.<\/p>\n

Amid nationwide protests against racism and police brutality after George Floyd\u2019s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, Wallenstein said the Loving case epitomizes \u201cthe toxic residue of Jim Crow\u201d and how it \u201ccontinues to make its way down the streets and into people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really is quite remarkable how much can change,\u201d Wallenstein said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s just as remarkable how little does.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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