Loving v. Virginia (1967)

Authors

John R. Hermann, Trinity UniversityFollow

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

2004

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

City

Armonk

ISBN

9780765680631

Repository Citation

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.

Publication Information

The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties