What states are against interracial marriage?

Laws overturned on 12 June 1967 by Loving v. VirginiaStateFirst law passedRaces white people were banned from marryingMississippi1822Blacks, AsiansMissouri1835Blacks, AsiansNorth Carolina1715BlacksOklahoma1897Blacks12 more rows

When did interracial couples marry?

June 12 Is Loving Day — When Interracial Marriage Finally Became Legal In The U.S. This Jan. 26, 1965, file photo shows Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P Loving. Bernard S. Cohen, who successfully challenged a Virginia law banning interracial marriage.

What is the purpose of anti-miscegenation laws?

Anti-miscegenation laws were edicts that made it unlawful for African Americans and white people to marry or engage each other in intimate relationships. The measures first appeared in the United States in colonial times and had two functions.