[ti:Mixed-Race Marriage Illegal in the US Until 1967] [00:00.00]如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享... [00:00.04]This case goes all the way back to the 1691. [00:04.36]At that time, the colony of Virginia said [00:07.70]people of different races could not get married. [00:11.68]Restrictions against interracial marriage remained in effect [00:15.70]well into the 20th century. [00:18.80]The restrictions did not prevent two Virginians, [00:22.04]named Richard and Mildred, from falling in love. [00:26.28]Richard's family was white. [00:28.44]Mildred's was a mix. [00:30.56]In 1958, Richard and Mildred went to Washington, D.C. [00:35.60]Interracial marriage was legal there, and the couple wed. [00:40.12]Then, they returned to the small town in Virginia where they lived. [00:44.76]Five weeks later, police came into their house [00:48.16]in the middle of the night and took them to jail. [00:51.84]Richard and Mildred were ordered to leave Virginia. [00:56.00]The couple settled in Washington, D.C., and had three children. [01:00.92]But they missed their friends, family and home. [01:04.68]So they took their case to the Supreme Court. [01:07.76]Richard's argument was simple. [01:09.96]He said, "I love my wife, and it is just unfair [01:14.87]that I can't live with her in Virginia." [01:18.12]The justices all agreed. [01:20.48]They struck down laws banning interracial marriage, [01:23.88]saying the U.S. Constitution permitted individuals, [01:28.04]not the state, to decide whom to marry. [01:31.88]By the way, the couple's last name? [01:35.52]Loving. [01:36.62]The case is known as Loving versus Virginia.如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享...