Mildred Delores Jeter

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Mildred Delores Jeter, later known as Mildred Loving, was an African American and Native American woman whose interracial marriage to Richard Loving led to the landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia that struck down laws banning interracial marriage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights figure ⓘ
human ⓘ
interracial marriage rights activist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mildred Loving ⓘ
associatedCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
caseDecisionYear 1967 ⓘ
caseName Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
commemoratedBy Loving Day celebrations ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
ethnicHeritage Rappahannock ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

Native American ⓘ
familyName Jeter ⓘ
linked to: Derek Jeter
forcedToLeaveState Virginia ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Mildred ⓘ
hasCourtCase Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
hasRole plaintiff in U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
impactOnLaw invalidated anti-miscegenation laws in multiple U.S. states ⓘ
influenced legalization of interracial marriage across the United States ⓘ
knownFor quiet, private advocacy rather than public activism ⓘ
legacy symbol of interracial marriage equality in the United States ⓘ
legalIssue violation of the Due Process Clause ⓘ
violation of the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
legalOutcome striking down state bans on interracial marriage ⓘ
legalRepresentation American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
legalRightAffirmed right to marry regardless of race ⓘ
legalStatusBeforeCase convicted under Virginia anti-miscegenation laws ⓘ
maritalStatus married to Richard Loving ⓘ
marriageType interracial marriage ⓘ
movement civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
name Mildred Delores Jeter ⓘ
notableFor being a plaintiff in Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
challenging anti-miscegenation laws in the United States ⓘ
opposedLawType anti-miscegenation law ⓘ
placeOfMarriage Washington, D.C. ⓘ
placeOfResidence Caroline County, Virginia ⓘ
Central Point, Virginia ⓘ
portrayedBy Ruth Negga ⓘ
portrayedIn feature film “Loving” ⓘ
linked to: Loving
raceAsClassifiedInVirginiaAtTheTime “colored” under Virginia law ⓘ
religion Christian ⓘ
returnedToLiveIn Virginia ⓘ
sphereOfActivity civil rights and family law ⓘ
spouse Richard Loving ⓘ
stateInvolved Virginia ⓘ
subjectOf documentaries about Loving v. Virginia ⓘ

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Mildred Loving → birthName → Mildred Delores Jeter ⓘ
Mildred Delores Jeter → name → Mildred Delores Jeter ⓘ