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Created Equal: America's Civil Rights History Film Screening and Discussion of the documentary film The Loving Story

In 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving are arrested for violating 
Virginia's anti-miscegenation laws, eventually leading to a landmark 
U.S. Supreme Court decision on interracial marriage.

Panel of Speakers from the Loft LGBT center: 

David Juhren, LOFT Executive Director
Robert Voorheis, Board Member Marriage Equality USA
Omar Lammie, LOFT Program Manager & his partner Ben Wolfe
Angeline Ochere, Peace & Justice Studies, Pace University

The panel will be addressing the correlation between the Loving case and the current struggle for marriage equality. 

Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Gilder Lehrman Foundation. 

Call Kate at 721-8233 for more information. 
This event will take place in the Library’s Multipurpose Room.

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