The Lovings: A Case Study

The movie “Loving” is based on a true story, and it depicts the lives of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, living in Virginia. In 1958, the couple went to Washington D.C and got married. They married here for the reason that interracial marriage was banned in Virginia. Yet, when they got back home, they were arrested. They spent the expanse of nine years struggling for their right to live as family in their town. Their civil rights case, Loving versus Virginia, went to the Supreme Court, and it ultimately marked a monumental time in American history. For the first time, laws prohibiting interracial marriage were struck down.

At the age of fifteen, I started dating a young boy who was of color. This young man was someone I cared deeply about and eventually became my best friend. He was a well-educated gentleman who had a full scholarship to an Ivy League school to play soccer. However, slowly but surely he became a secret I had to hide from my family. My parents could not accept the fact that my boy friend was of dark skin color. For three long years, I tried to show my parents that the color of his skin did not make him any less of a person. However, they still disrespected and judged him even though he never caused me any harm. They told him to stay away because their daughter did not need to be around somebody “like that.” To this day, those words echo in my head. If I ever had the opportunity to apologize on my parent’s behalf, I would apologize for their ignorance. They were unable to see past his skin tone and respect his great

Loving vs. Virginia was one of the most aptly titled cases in American history. Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter married in the nation 's capital 71 years after Plessy vs. Ferguson unraveled in the Supreme Court, then returned to their home in Virginia. However, interracial marriage was banned in Virginia at the time of the move, and they were detained. When the case went to court, Judge Leon M. Bazile claimed, "Almighty God created the races... and he placed them on separate continents... {showing} that he did not intend for the races to mix" (Loving vs. Virginia). Bazile continued to sentence the couple to a year in prison, but guaranteed their freedom if they left the state of Virginia for the following 25 years. The Lovings consequently moved away, yet five years later they were arrested again while visiting family in Virginia. The case boosted up to the Supreme Court after that, and Virginia 's law was declared unconstitutional. Loving vs. Virginia brought an end to the discriminatory mindset that blacks and whites could not mix, let alone

The Civil Rights Movement gained traction around the 1950s, paving the way for many other oppressed groups. These groups fought for different rights, but they still had a similar struggle to the original movement. One of these groups is the Gay Rights Movement. The comparison between the black civil rights movement and the gay civil rights movement is “typically a sensitive subject, even among liberals” (Williams). Some people believe that it is unfair to compare a fight for marriage to a fight to gain equality in every aspect. If they step back and see the bigger picture, they could tell that the structures are very similar. The Gay Rights Movement is similar to the black Civil Rights Movement.

Facts of the case: In 1924, the state of Virginia passed the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 which banned the marriage between a white person and a person of color. The law only targeted interracial marriages that consisted of a white person and a non-white person. The act had additional provisions that penalized the travel out of state for purposes of marriage between a white person and person of color; upon return to Virginia, the marriage would be subject to Virginian law. The punishment for the marriage was one to five years incarceration, and the marriage would be void “without any judicial proceeding.” Aware of the Racial Integrity Act, Richard Loving, a white man, and Mildred Jeter, a black woman, traveled

Loving v. Virginia. In Virginia of 1967 black and whites were not aloud to marry one another. The state of Virginia took this to the court and the united state constitution said that they agree with blacks and whites should not marry. With this decision came a punishment for whoever decided to break this new law. The United States supremacy court said "that because its miscegenation statutes punished both white and black participants in an interracial marriage equally, they cannot be said to constitute invidious discrimination based on race and, therefore, the statutes commanded mere rational basis

Although the African-American civil rights movements have been going on since the early 1600’s, it shares some differences and similarities to the LGBT civil rights movement that started in the early 1940’s. Growing up in a very conservative area, some topics are not acknowledged as being real. Struggling to be heard, struggling to be seen, the LGBT civil rights pleads to be mentioned anywhere. These two civil rights movements have shaped American culture in their own way. Each point in American history had its own leaders that made these movements happened, laws that impacted both movements, and social impacts on modern culture today that can be compared and contrasted.

‘I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.’ On the 28th of August, in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial declaring to over 250.000 citizens that he had a dream. A dream that one day, all men and women, whether black or white, Jewish or Christian, would be treated as equals. More than fifty years later, King’s dream seems to be nothing more than that: a dream. Just last year, Eric Garner, a black man, is choked to death by the police force in Staten Island, New York. A month later, a young black man is shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. In March

Introduction -" I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... Therefore other people would be also free" is a quote said by a strong independent women, who caught for rights. The civil rights issue big part of history were two types of people were different and discriminated. The Supreme Court has helped to establish equal rights for all people: Dred Scott v. Sanford , Plessy v. Ferguson , Loving v. Virginia.

In January of 1926, the Public Assemblages Act made it legal to separate whites and blacks in public halls, theaters, opera houses, and motion picture shows. The final Acts beginning in 1928 attempted to fix the definition of racial definitions. It redefined colored as anyone who has any ascertainable degree of negro blood, any negro blood in their ancestry.

“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.”, says Maya Angelou putting in the spotlight the judgment of people based on how they look. The cases of Dred Scott vs. Sanford, Plessy vs. Ferguson, and Loving vs. Virginia all attempt to prove this point during the civil rights movement. These cases also make apparent the segregation of blacks in the court system.

The Obergefell v. Hodges (2014) case involved the marriage of same sex couples. Groups of same sex couples sued their state agencies to challenge the constitutionality of them refusing to recognize legal same sex marriages. Plaintiffs argued that the states’ statutes violated the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. One group of plaintiffs also brought claims under the Civil Rights Act. “The U.S. court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed and held that the states’ bans on the same-sex marriage and refusal to recognize marriages performed in other states did not violate the couples’ Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection and due process.” The justices that were on court

Racism has been around forever and it been passed down for generations, so to stop this, this generation has to teach their kids not to be racist, and teach them to be nicer to people, not because of their race, religion or gender, but because everyone needs to feel accepted in their community. As stated earlier, this type of ignorance has been around for a long time. Back when America was first starting to become a country, Africans were slaves being sold by whites and beaten to death if they tried to run away. Even after their freedom, they still weren 't being treated like humans. White people always treated them as if they weren 't human. Even today, white people are still treating people of different races differently, including the law. Few people are

Loving V. Virginia took place in 1967 back then normal couples were considered as two people of the same race. White people were

In this case study, it analyse how the concept of family has changed in the past 20 years as it will be depicting modern family forms and past norms. It is important to look at how families have developed throughout the years up until the 21st century as we compare the two and elaborate on the difference and what makes it so significant. In this case study, it contrast and compare the television series Modern family which is a 21st century concept of family and The Simpsons which was adapted 27 years ago and how things have changed with family dynamics and what is the norm now which was not the norm years ago.