Flora Hawk as Mildred Jeter Loving, left, and director Denyce Graves-Montgomery in rehearsal for “Loving v. Virginia.” [Sunroom Video Production Co.] The opera stage is not a history classroom, but it ...

There will be a historical marker dedicated to Mildred and Richard Loving in Caroline County, the home of the couple whose Supreme Court case struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage.

(WFXR) – Friday marks 53 years since the United States Supreme Court made a historic ruling in the landmark case, Loving vs. Virginia. The Court’s ruling struck down laws banning interracial marriage ...

They could have called it “Virginia Hasn’t Always Been for Lovers,” after Phyl Newbeck’s book, subtitled “Interracial Marriage Bans and the Case of Richard and Mildred Loving.” But composer Damien ...

The opera opens in the home of a doting but nervous married couple. They’re dressed casually — she in a pink nightgown, he in jeans and a flannel — but the mood is anything but. “A strange car pulled ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Mildred and Richard Loving's marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court case in 1967 that struck down laws banning interracial marriage. Now, over 50 years later, their story is being ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Library of Virginia is celebrating Black History Month with two events in collaboration with Virginia Opera centered around Loving v. Virginia. Richard and Mildred Loving were a ...

This Valentine’s Day season, I am reminded of Mildred Loving’s and St. Valentine’s acts of justice for the fundamental human right to love who you want. Since Trump has taken office, I’m worried about ...