num_pages: 260
description: From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955 in Caroline County Virginia amidst segregation and prejudice injustice and cruelty two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination fought it and won.
language: English
title: Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
publisher: Chronicle Books