‘The Loving Story’ to premiere in Caroline County |
‘The Loving Story’ to premiere in Caroline County
The Free Lance-Star
Fredericksburg, Virginia
2012-02-04
Caroline County will get the red-carpet treatment Saturday evening.
HBO, Comcast and the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia are hosting an invitation-only screening of the new HBO documentary “The Loving Story” at the Caroline County Community Services Center.
The film tells the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple from Caroline County who married in 1958, only to be arrested and convicted of violating Virginia’s anti-miscegenation laws. Their case eventually made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, where their victory ended laws against interracial marriage across the country…
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