When Richard and Mildred Loving awoke in the middle of the night a few weeks after their June, 1958 wedding, it wasn't normal newlywed ardor. There were policemen with flashlights in their bedroom.

American love stories have a default race: white. If the love story is “interracial,” one person is white, and the other person is not. In a standard American rom-com, the only nonwhite characters are ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Today, June 12, is Loving Day, an annual celebration that marks the ...

Mildred and Richard Loving at a press conference after the Supreme Court ruled that their interracial marriage was legal in Loving v. VirginiaFrancis Miller / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images In ...

Love is a beautiful thing. To be with your chosen person without reservation is a gift. This was not always possible. Less than 60 years ago, interracial marriage was more than frowned upon by some; ...

Police knocked at the door of Mildred and Richard Loving in 1958. Their crime: They had just been married. The two were arrested and eventually banished from Virginia for violating the Racial ...