2000: Alabama Became the Last State to Officially Legalize Interracial Marriage
Context: In 1967, the US Supreme Court unanimously overturned #PaceVsAlabama (1883), ruling in #LovingVsVirginia that state bans on interracial marriage did in fact violate the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
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Fact: The 1883 ruling legitimizing state-level bans on interracial marriage held for more than 80 years, until 1967 when the #SCOTUS overturned the decision in Loving v. Virginia. SOURCE: Interracial Marriage Laws History and Timeline by Tom Head for ThoughtCo.
#PaceVsAlabama
#AmericanHistory
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2000: Alabama Became the Last State to Officially Legalize Interracial Marriage
Context: In 1967, the US Supreme Court unanimously overturned #PaceVsAlabama (1883), ruling in #LovingVsVirginia that state bans on interracial marriage did in fact violate the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
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2000: Alabama Became the Last State to Officially Legalize Interracial Marriage
Context: In 1967, the US Supreme Court unanimously overturned #PaceVsAlabama (1883), ruling in #LovingVsVirginia that state bans on interracial marriage did in fact violate the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
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2000: Alabama Became the Last State to Officially Legalize Interracial Marriage
Context: In 1967, the US Supreme Court unanimously overturned #PaceVsAlabama (1883), ruling in #LovingVsVirginia that state bans on interracial marriage did in fact violate the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
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2000: Alabama Became the Last State to Officially Legalize Interracial Marriage
Context: In 1967, the US Supreme Court unanimously overturned #PaceVsAlabama (1883), ruling in #LovingVsVirginia that state bans on interracial marriage did in fact violate the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
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2000: Alabama Became the Last State to Officially Legalize Interracial Marriage
Context: In 1967, the US Supreme Court unanimously overturned #PaceVsAlabama (1883), ruling in #LovingVsVirginia that state bans on interracial marriage did in fact violate the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
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Fact: The 1883 ruling legitimizing state-level bans on interracial marriage held for more than 80 years, until 1967 when the #SCOTUS overturned the decision in Loving v. Virginia. SOURCE: Interracial Marriage Laws History and Timeline by Tom Head for ThoughtCo.
#PaceVsAlabama
#AmericanHistory
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2000: Alabama Became the Last State to Officially Legalize Interracial Marriage
Context: In 1967, the US Supreme Court unanimously overturned #PaceVsAlabama (1883), ruling in #LovingVsVirginia that state bans on interracial marriage did in fact violate the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
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