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Mrs. Loving Passes Away at 68

The Loving Day Project is sad to report the death of Mrs. Mildred Loving, a woman whom, with her husband Richard Loving, successfully challenged and overturned the US's anti-miscegenation law on June 12, 1967. Mrs. Loving passed away Friday from an undisclosed cause at the age of 68.

Mildred was an inspiration to many and especially to us at the Loving Day Project. She was a testament to integrity and humility. She was described as a mild-mannered woman, someone who just wanted to be a bride, not a hero.  She and Mr. Loving grew up together in rural Virginia, and married in 1958 in Washington, DC where interracial marriages were legal.

The Loving Day Project will continue our work in memory of Mildred and Richard Loving, and see her passing as a celebration of a life that helped change the lives of many others.

We hope you will honor the memory of Mrs. Loving by participating in the Loving Day project. As always, you can:

Host a Loving Day Celebration:
Download the free Celebration Kit at
http://www.lovingday.org/files/documents/loving_day_kit_2007_01.pdf

Make a Donation:
http://www.lovingday.org/donate.htm

Attend a Loving Day Celebration:
http://www.lovingday.org/list_of_celebrations.htm

Volunteer at the Loving Day Celebration in New York City:
Please email i******@lovingday.org

Read more:

NPR: All Things Considered - "Woman in Interracial Marriage Case Dies"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90201523

AP: Mildred Loving, matriarch of interracial marriage, dies (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_us/obit_loving