THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

SCIMITAR WINS A BIGGY! | 2007-07-07

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Mildred and Richard Loving were married during a time when interracial marriages were illegal. They successfully challenged Viriginia's anti-miscegenation law. (File photo by AP)

At one time it was illegal for a white person and a black person to marry in every state in the union save Vermont.