Mildred loving

In 1950, a young man from Central Point, Virginia, went seven miles down the road to hear some music. Seven brothers named the Jeters were on that night, …

Mildred and Richard Loving with their three children on the front porch of their Virginia home in the late 1960’s.

A white man and an African American woman hold hands and walk slowly through the doorway, crossing its threshold to see a photography exhibit. Forty-five years ago, their relationship would have been illegal in many states. The couple is at the International Center of Photography in midtown Manhattan, and they’ve have come to see an… Continue reading Rare Photographs Document a Family’s Fight for Interracial Marriage

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The views Richard Cohen ascribed to Tea Partiers aren’t “conventional”; they’re antediluvian.

Find out how a couple in love brought forward the landmark case, Loving v. Virginia, which forever changed the color of marriage in the United States.

Historic Pictures on Instagram: "To say that Richard and Mildred Loving were reluctant heroes would be an understatement. Richard, with his platinum blonde crew cut, backwoods accent and taciturn ways. And then there was Mildred. A soft-spoken, shy woman of African and Native-American descent, she possessed a quiet charm but like her husband, had no desire to bring attention to herself. But the attention would come, and it would change the course of American history. In 1958 the couple…

Vintage Child Health Poster in Color - Illustrated by C. Twelvetrees A Kenworthy Educational Publication, 1952. To teach good health habits at school and at home. Poster measures 8 1/2" x 12". Very Good condition A sweet illustration of a little girl sleeping. The poem reads: "Now Little Brother's in his bed,And I am tucked in mine. We've had a day of happy fun, And evrything is fine. So off we go to dreamland-We'll visit there all night, And waken fresh and rested To greet the morning…