The story of the Lovings is such a big part of the American history, their history changed the way we see and experience the things around us. The Lovings are a black and white couple from the state of Virginia. Others might think that this is not a big deal, but if we were to put that this happened in the 1950s, it 's a whole different story. During the 1950s, there 's a law called the Miscegenation Law, this law states that Mildred and Richard Loving can 't marry each other because this law “enforced racial segregation at the level of marriage and intimate relationships by criminalizing interracial marriage and sometimes also sex between members of different races.” making it hard for Mildred who was Native/Black descend and Richard who was …show more content…
That they can love somebody else with a different color of skin without worrying about any law. This changed the nation for the better, and I think this was a great thing to fight for. But as others rejoice for the new change, others who were shaped by their significant others and the previous social expectations are still against the whole interracial marriage. This situation is parallel to how our society is right now with same-sex marriage. Through time it was normal for others to think that being gay is a disease and that it 's shameful to be gay, because of this homosexuals were stereotyped to be bad people when they really are not. This was how blacks were seen back in the days, they were stereotyped to be violent and almost animal like when they are not, they are humans with just tanner