The case for loving
Subtitle: the fight for interracial marriage
By: by Selina Alko ; illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko
Contributors: Qualls, Sean, illustrator
Published: 2015
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780545478533
Subjects: Interracial marriage; Law and legislation; Juvenile literature; Miscegenation; History
Other titles: Loving :
Description: The story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Perry, who got married in Washington, D.C., and were arrested after they returned to Virginia, and took their legal case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

This tribute to the Loving family describes how they were arrested in mid-twentieth-century Virginia for violating laws against interracial marriage and argued their case all the way to the Supreme Court, prompting a landmark civil-rights triumph.
Notes: Includes filmography and bibliographical references.

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