The Loving Story
| When | Thursday, June 12, 2025 from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
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| Where | Hatcher Gallery Lab Hatcher Library North, First Floor, Room 100H View floor plan |
| Event type | Film Screening |
Celebrate Loving Day 2025 with a free film screening of "The Loving Story," an HBO documentary (77 mins). Feel free to come and go as you'd like, and then join us for discussion immediately following the film. Snacks and beverages will be provided; please feel free to bring lunch to the screening.
"The Loving Story" is about Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, who traveled from Caroline County, VA, to Washington, D.C. where it was legal to be married interracially. Upon returning to Virginia, where interracial marriage was illegal, the newlyweds were arrested, tried, and convicted of the felony crime of marrying interracially. Two young ACLU lawyers took on the Lovings case, fully aware of the challenges posed. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in their favor on June 12, 1967 and resulted in sixteen states being ordered to overturn their bans on interracial marriage.
Brought to you by the Library Mixed Race and Interracial Family Community Employee Resource Group.
The Loving Story, available on HBO.
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Karen E Downing · kdown@umich.edu
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