AP US Government

Category - Civil Rights & Liberties

Which Supreme Court case overturned a state law that forbade inter-racial marriage?
  1. Dred Scott v. Sanford
  2. Plessy v. Ferguson
  3. Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
  4. Loving v. Virginia
  5. Sweatt v. Painter
Explanation
Answer: D - Loving v. Virginia (1967) overturned a Virginia law that made it illegal for people classified by the government as “white” and people classified as “colored” to intermarry. The ruling overturned similar laws that were found in most Southern states. The ruling was based on the idea that marriage is a fundamental human right and therefore could not be regulated on the basis of race.
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