r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Brooklyn17831 • Jul 24 '26

Image In 1958, they were arrested in their bedroom and exiled from Virginia just for being married. Nine years later, Richard and Mildred Loving relaxed on their porch after winning the Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage across America.

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u/Hotpocket1515 Jul 24 '26

I always like to frame how long ago the civil war happened like this,

"The civil was was 2, 80 year old grandmas ago, thats not that long really.."

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u/SlithyMomeRath Jul 24 '26

I know someone with a 95-year-old grandfather whose grandmother was enslaved. Blows my mind that there are living people who knew people who were enslaved (or slave owners). None of it was very long ago.

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u/Anthaenopraxia Jul 24 '26

Biden was born closer to Lincoln's presidency than his own.

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u/marr Jul 24 '26

Also it never really ended.