Summary Of The Difference Between Richard And Mildred

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After reading the article by Washington post there will always be a group of people who do not agree on something at first it was interracial marriage, it was seen as a decree by god and the same thoughts rose when gay marriage made it to the Supreme Court as well. The struggle Richard and Mildred had to get interracial marriage passed was the same struggle same –sex coupled faced. The story of Richard and Mildred remind us that they were just two people on the search for equality and although there case was won and same sex marriage is now legal in the US there’s still racial inequality that needs to be

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