The true story of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, arrested on their wedding night and exiled by a bigoted southern judge. With the help of an idealistic lawyer, the Lovings begin a courageous battle for their freedom as Americans, to be able to return to their families and live in dignity.
"In Central Point, Virginia, Richard Loving, a poor white laborer, falls in love with Mildred "Bean" Jeter, a beautiful young black woman, and Richard Loving, a poor Virginia laborer. Mixed-race relationships are accepted here, but marriage, in 1960, is illegal under a miscegenation law dating from slave times. Bean becomes pregnant, and despite their families' fears, Richard insists on marrying her. They are arrested and thrown in jail. Having to choose between a three year jail sentence or a 25-year banishment from the state of Virginia, the Lovings choose freedom and move to Washington, D.C. Inspired by the speeches of Martin Luther King, Bean writes a letter to then Attorney-General Robert Kennedy requesting that the law be changed so that she and Richard can go home. Her letter reaches young ACLU attorney Bernie Cohen, who sees a great opportunity for social justice in this landmark case. Seven years after their banishment, The Lovings' case is heard by the Supreme Court. In a landmark ruling, the Court declares the Virginia law unconstitutional."
"The true story of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, arrested on their wedding night and exiled by a bigoted southern judge. With the help of an idealistic lawyer, the Lovings begin a courageous battle for their freedom as Americans, to be able to return to their families and live in dignity."@en
"The true story of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, arrested on their wedding night and exiled by a bigoted southern judge. With the help of an idealistic lawyer, the Lovings begin a courageous battle for their freedom as Americans, to be able to return to their families and live in dignity."
""Inspired by the true story of an interracial couple's search for justice in the 1960's, MR. AND MRS. LOVING brings to light a little known chapter in American History. Mildred "Bean" Jeter, a beautiful young black woman, and Richard Loving, a poor Virginia laborer, fall in love in the early 1960's. When they marry in violation of a Virginia law that forbids mixed-race marriages, they are arrested and thrown in jail. Having to choose between a three year jail sentence or a 25-year banishment from the state of Virginia, the Lovings choose freedom and move to Washington, D.C."@en
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