May 5, 2008

Mildred Jeter Loving Dies

Mildred Loving, one of the parties in the landmark case Loving v. Virginia, has passed away. NPR has this audio story. Timothy Hutton and Lela Jeter starred in a made-for-television movie that dramatized the case, which made it to the Supreme Court in 1967. The film is available on DVD.

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