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Subject:	Re: Mildred Jeter Loving (1940-2008), & an apology (was Re: What would Jeffer...
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Date:	Wed, 7 May 2008 10:04:42 EDT
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John whomever.  He was still a white guy who married this Indian chick  way 
back in the day in Virginia.  The Loving case was a test case to get  rid of a 
law that was essentially un enforced In Virginia much as the 55 mile an  hour 
speed limit is largely un enforced.  It apparently had no chilling  effect on 
anyone, including the Lovings, who wanted to get married in the  state.  It 
was a vestige of Jim Crow that had long died and just needed to  be taken off 
the books.  The NAACP funded and backed the whole thing, and  since the Lovings 
were living in DC at the time, there was no risk of any sort  of enforcement 
by the Commonwealth.
 
What else did she ever do for the public good?
 
J South



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