Loving Day Film Festival
 

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/imag...film_rev-1.jpg Will Coviello on a film festival that spotlights interracial relationships By wonderful happenstance, Loving Day is named for Richard and Mildred Loving, whose marriage is validated not just by a marriage license but a 1967 Supreme Court case (Loving v. Virgina). The case ended race-based restrictions on the issuance of marriage licenses, and Loving Day (June 12) celebrates the civil rights victory.? [ Read more ]

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