2. Jeter
Virginia’s “Anti-Miscegenation Statute” was
passed in 1924
It is a ban on interracial marriage for residents of
Virginia
Mildred Jeter, an African-American woman was
married to Richard Loving, a Caucasian man, in
June 1958, violating this state law
Even though they were married in Washington
D.C., by living in Virginia they broke this law
3. • October 1958—Grand jury indicted the Lovings for
violating Virginia’s ban on marriages between different
races
• They were found guilty and sentenced to 1 year in
prison
• However, the judge postponed their sentence for 25
years on the condition that the couple leaves and does
not return to Virginia.
4. Richard and Mildred moved to Washington D.C.
They claimed that Virginia’s rule violates the Equal Protection
Clause of the Constitution, hoping to completely eliminate the
sentence
They hired a lawyer, Bernard Cohen, in 1963, to try and cancel
their jail sentence of one year
