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Remembering Mildred Loving

Campaign for America's Future: Mildred Loving was a black woman who married a white man in Virginia, which was against the law in the state. She

Campaign for America's Future:

Mildred Loving was a black woman who married a white man in Virginia, which was against the law in the state. She took her case all the way up to the Supreme Court, which struck down interracial marriage bans in the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision. [..]It was announced (this week) that she has died at the age of 68. But what her AP obituary doesn't mention—hopefully others will correct the oversight—is that last year Mildred Loving came out foursquare for marriage equality for same-sex couples as well, and insisted you should, too.

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