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Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Perry, who got married in Washington, D.C., and were arrested after they returned to Virginia, and took their legal case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Author
Pub. Date
1938
Language
English
Description
The personal papers described in this guide were chiefly generated or collected by Mary A. Marshall in the course of her poltical career in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1966-1970 and 1972-1992. Types of material include legislative subject files, legislative bills, press releases, campaign literature and correspondence, engagement calendars, photographs and newspaper clippings.
Publisher
Arlington County Government Channel, AVN 71
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Public forum allowing Virginians & Arlingtonians an opportunity to raise issues with Arlington's Virginia legislative delegation. Issues raised include infrastructure, poverty, tax reform, education, and civil liberties. Multiple disability advocates from the Arc org., a local disability org. address the delegation. Multiple people express discontent over a baseball stadium being built using their tax dollars.
Publisher
Arlington County Information Channel 31
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Public forum allowing Virginians & Arlingtonians an opportunity to raise issues with state senators & delegates. Issues raised include prison sentencing, concealed firearms, support for gay marriage, funding for social programs supporting disabled Arlingtonians, and funding to reform psychiatric facilities.
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Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackness synonymous with slavery. Looking closely at three slave societies - Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana - Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross demonstrate that the...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia. However, the state refused to let them--because Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged with a crime, the Lovings were forced to leave their home--until they turned to the legal system. In one of the country's most prominent legal battles, Loving v. Virginia, the Lovings secured their future when the court...
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