The bond between Mildred Jeter, a black and Native American woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, was solid and true. They wanted to get married and live close to family and friends. But in 1958, weeks after their marriage in Washington, D.C., police burst into the couple’s Central Point, Va., home, pulled them out of bed and threw them in jail. They were found guilty of violating the state’s anti-miscegenation law and faced with a choice: Go to prison or into exile...
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