http://clipmarks.com/clipper/deb2012/date/2008/5/6/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/deb2012/date/2008/5/6/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/A8DB9F1D-3359-4F01-B311-2B0DB59A95D8/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Silkweaver/">Silkweaver</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.bodocus.com/" title="http://www.bodocus.com/">www.bodocus.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Silkweaver/512/C3CF472C-AF6E-4744-8FD7-1F94E66496ED.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/documentaries/" rel="tag">documentaries</a></div>http://www.bodocus.com/Wed, 07 May 2008 01:03:46 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9B2A8649-7CEE-4A8B-8110-09613117AB3A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/deb2012/">deb2012</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> RIP <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://positiveliberty.com/2008/05/mildred-loving-rip.html" title="http://positiveliberty.com/2008/05/mildred-loving-rip.html">positiveliberty.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Peggy Fortune said Loving, 68, died Friday at her home in rural Milford. She did not disclose the cause of death.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Loving and her white husband, Richard, changed history in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their right to marry. The ruling struck down laws banning racially mixed marriages in at least 17 states.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>They had married in Washington in 1958, when she was 18. Returning to their Virginia hometown, they were arrested within weeks and convicted on charges of “cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth,” according to their indictments. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Farewell to a courageous and exemplary American, one who continued until the end of her life <A href="http://www.positiveliberty.com/2007/06/mildred-lovings-statement.html">to stand up for what she believed in</A>. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/racism/" rel="tag">racism</a></div>http://positiveliberty.com/2008/05/mildred-loving-rip.htmlTue, 06 May 2008 23:26:38 GMT