• Loving Day

    June 13, 2009 // No Comments »

    “We loved each other and got married,” she [Mildred Loving] told The Washington Evening Star in 1965, when the case was pending. “We are not marrying the state. The law should allow a person to marry anyone he wants.”

    Mildred Loving fought for her right to marry someone of another race in 1960’s Virginia. More than 40 years later we are still fighting for true marriage equality.

    Stay tuned…..recap of Philadelphia’s First SwirlPhilly Loving Day events to come!

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    Matriarch of Inter-Racial Marriage Dies

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24468808/

    The Huffington Post Interview with Loving Day Founder

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-gandin-le/loving-day-its-not-a-hall_b_51358.html

    Village Voice Interview with Loving Day Founder

    http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-06-06/people/love-actually

    2006 Washington Post Article

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/12/AR2006061201716.html

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