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The Children of Loving v. Virginia: Living at the Intersection of Law and Mixed-Race Identity
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special Lecture
University of Michigan
2015-01-19
Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Law School Prof. Martha S. Jones, who codirects the Program in Race, Law & History, addresses her own experience as a mixed race woman and explores issues facing contemporary society as the featured speaker at Michigan Law’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Jan. 19, 2015.
Presenting “The Children of Loving v. Virginia: Living at the Intersection of Law and Mixed-Race Identity,” Jones uses lived experience to open up an understanding of how legal culture has wrestled with the idea that Americans might check more than one box.
View the video (00:37:05) here.
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