Loving v. Virginia

May 28, 2013 21:31

In the middle of the night, in 1958, in the bedroom of their Virginia home, newlyweds Richard and Mildred Loving, a European-American man and an African-American woman, awakened to blinding flashlights and police. The couple was arrested. The charge: violating the ban on marriage for interracial couples. Although it was just a generation ago, that ( Read more... )

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shaherezada May 28 2013, 22:17:28 UTC
Меня всегда восхищало это закреплённое право в американской конституции: добиваться своего счастья. Не знаю ни одной страны, в конституции которой было бы гарантировано такое право.

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