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New York Times Front Page Feature

We've hit the big time! This story will appear on the front page of the New York Times tomorrow July 6, 2011. The reporter did an amazing job reporting on the Festival and this important moment in the arts!  Please check it out--share with your friends and leave comments. We're so excited!

Mildred Loving: A Tribute

Mildred Loving's challenge of Virginia's anti-miscegenation law led to the Supreme Court's 1967 decision  (Loving v. Virginia) which affirmed the right of people of different races to marry.  Loving and her white husband, Richard, were arrested when they returned home to their rural Virginia town and pled guilty to "cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth."  It was illegal for whites and blacks to marry in at least 17 states at the time.  In its landmark unanimous ruling the Court stated: "There can be no doubt that restricting the freedom to marry soley because of racial classifications violates the central meaning of the equal protection clause." 

Mildred Loving died Monday at the age of 68.  We thank her for her bravery, for opening up a new chapter on racial conciliation, and for her belief in love without barriers.

Last year Mixed Chicks Chat did a special video edition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Loving Decision.  Check it out:

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