Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case

Patricia Hruby Powell and Shadra Strickland

Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case The story is based on the landmark civil rights case and told in verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amid segregation and prejudice, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.

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