Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple involved in the landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled anti-interracial marriage laws are unconstitutional
On a quiet July night in 1958 Richard and Mildred Loving were abruptly awoken as police officers entered their home. Walking up to the couple as they lie in bed a police officer shined a flashlight in their direction and began to question them.
“They asked Richard, who was that woman he was sleeping with, and I said, ‘I’m his wife.’ And the sheriff said, ‘Not here you’re not,’”
Mildred Loving