Thank you for calling my grandfather "John whomever" and my grandmother an "Indian chick." Scholarship abounds on this list. S, On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:04 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html