Richard Loving

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Richard Loving was a white American man whose interracial marriage and subsequent legal battle led to the landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia, which struck down laws banning interracial marriage.

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Richard Loving canonical 13
Richard Perry Loving 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights figure ⓘ
litigant ⓘ
person ⓘ
arrestedFor violating Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924 ⓘ
associatedWith civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
burialPlace Saint Stephen’s Baptist Church Cemetery, Central Point, Virginia, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath car accident ⓘ
causeOfFame U.S. Supreme Court ruling that invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriage ⓘ
child Donald Loving ⓘ
linked to: Sidney Loving

Peggy Loving ⓘ
Sidney Loving ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
coLitigant Mildred Loving ⓘ
constitutionalIssue Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Due Process Clause

Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
countryOfLegalCase United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1933-10-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-06-29 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1958-06-02 ⓘ
defendantIn Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
ethnicity white American ⓘ
familyName Loving ⓘ
fullName Richard Perry Loving ⓘ
linked to: Richard Loving
givenName Richard ⓘ
influenced later legal and social acceptance of interracial relationships in the United States ⓘ
knownFor being a party in Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
challenging anti-miscegenation laws in the United States ⓘ
legacy expanded legal protection for interracial marriage in the United States ⓘ
legalCase Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
legalOutcome Loving v. Virginia decision struck down state bans on interracial marriage ⓘ
marriageType interracial marriage ⓘ
notableWork Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation construction worker ⓘ
placeOfBirth Caroline County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Caroline County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
placeOfMarriage Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
race white ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
representedBy American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
residence Central Point, Caroline County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mildred Loving ⓘ
spouseEthnicity African American and Native American (Mildred Loving) ⓘ
supremeCourtCaseResult anti-miscegenation laws declared unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
yearOfLandmarkDecision 1967 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Loving v. Virginia → petitioner → Richard Loving ⓘ
Mildred Loving → spouse → Richard Loving ⓘ
Richard Loving → fullName → Richard Perry Loving ⓘ
linked to: Richard Loving
Joel Edgerton → portrayed → Richard Loving ⓘ
Loving → basedOn → Richard Loving ⓘ
Loving → characterInFilm → Richard Loving ⓘ
Loving → portrays → Richard Loving ⓘ
Sidney Loving → childOf → Richard Loving ⓘ
Sidney Loving → hasFather → Richard Loving ⓘ
Mildred Delores Jeter → spouse → Richard Loving ⓘ
Peggy Loving → father → Richard Loving ⓘ