Before Loving, another interracial couple fought to marry

EPISODE · Jun 12, 2018 · 3 MIN

Before Loving, another interracial couple fought to marry

from Retropod · host The Washington Post

The Kinneys married in Washington, D.C. in 1874. Then, they were arrested back home in Virginia for violating the state’s laws. They fought the ruling in higher and higher courts, but never won the right to stay married in their home state.

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Before Loving, another interracial couple fought to marry

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