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Loving vs. Virginia

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  • What percentage of marriages today are interracial?
    5
    33
    20
    10
  • The Lovings were arrested by the police after finding them
    in bed together
    at the store
    at the movies
    eating out
  • What was the name of the Attorney General that Mildred Loving wrote to about their case?
    Robert Kennedy
    John F Kennedy
    Adlai Stevenson
    Martin Luther King
  • Following their arrest the Loving"s
    sentenced to 5 years in jail
    were sentenced one year in jail or leave the state
    put on probation
    fined $5000 dollars
  • At the time of their case how many states had laws against interracial marriages?
    17
    8
    4
    12
  • Why did the Loving's move back to Virginia after being told to stay away?
    they lost the lease on their house
    the missed their family
    that is where they worked
    the schools were better
  • The Loving's got married in 1958 during the Civil Rights Movement.
    false
    true
  • What were anti-miscegenation laws?
    blacks could not own a business with whites
    blacks could not work with whites
    blacks could not marry whites
    blacks could not go to school with whites
  • The lawyers that took their case charged them a contingency fee.
    false
    true
  • What year did the Supreme Court hear the case loving versus Virginia
    1977
    1957
    1987
    1967