Article
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Disciplines
Abstract
In Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that state prohibitions of interracial marriages were unconstitutional under the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Editor
David Schultz & John R. Vile
Publisher
M. E. Sharpe Reference
ISBN
9780765680631
Citation Information
Hermann, J. R. (2004). Loving v. Virginia (1967). In D. Schultz & J. R. Vile (Eds.), The encyclopedia of civil liberties (pp. 575-576). M. E. Sharpe Reference.