June 12, 1967

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Loving v. Virginia Decided

The Supreme Court struck down laws banning interracial marriage; many such statutes had also criminalized Asian-white unions, so the ruling ended anti-miscegenation bars affecting Asian Americans nationwide. (Shares Jun 12 with the 100th Battalion and the Heart Mountain trial.)

Sources

  1. supreme.justia.com supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/388/1
  2. law.cornell.edu law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/388/1

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