On April 10th 1967 the United States Supreme Court began looking at the case Loving v. Virginia.
This landmark case featuring Mildred and Richard Perry was the the final nail in the coffin for miscegenation laws.

What are miscegenation laws?

Miscegenation laws were laws that prevented the mixing of races, either through interracial marriage or reproduction.

In almost states miscegenation was once illegal. The change in morality up to and after the civil war allowed people to decide whether or not this was morally okay.

I personally am glad that this is no longer illegal because many of my friends and family exist in interracial relationships.

The fact that the thought of interracial couples was morally repulsive and is now the norm is an important facet to recognizing marriage norms are constantly changing.


In the article below it talks about Mildred and Richard Perry and the percentage of interracial couples almost 50 years after they got married.

Nbc article talking about the amount of interracial marriages