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Resources
This site is just the beginning of a true understanding of the interracial couple's experience in the U.S. Use these other resources to learn more about this rich and complex topic.
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Loving Day on MySpace
Loving Day has its own page on MySpace, the popular social networking site. If you are already on MySpace, add Loving Day to your friends. If you're not on MySpace yet, it's free to join.
www.myspace.com/lovingday
Loving Day on Facebook
Loving Day has its own page on Facebook, the popular social networking site. If you are already on Facebook, add Loving Day to your friends. If you're not on Facebook yet, it's free to join.
www.facebook.com/p/Loving_Day/690310283
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Loving Decision Conference
This national academic conference commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Loving decision. It will be held in Chicago, IL from June 21-24, 2007. Loving Day is proud to be a co-organizer of this great event.
www.lovingconference.com
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Association of Multi-Ethnic Americans (AMEA)
This organization seeks to educate and advocate on behalf of multiethnic individuals and families by collaborating with others to eradicate all forms of discrimination. They have been working in the community since 1988.
www.ameasite.org
Interracial Intercultural Pride (iPride)
iPride is a Bay Area nonprofit organization interested in the well-being and development of children and adults who are of more than one racial or ethnic heritage or who have been Transracially adopted.
www.ipride.org
Oregon Council on Multiracial Affairs (OCMA)
This organization hosts monthly potlucks and annual Loving Day celebrations in the Portland area.
www.ocma-multiracial.org
Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC)
MASC caters to the needs of multiracial people, people involved in interracial relationships, and transracial adoptees in Southern California.
www.mascsite.org
Multiethnic Education Program
This program provides educators and families with resources and strategies to benefit mixed-heritage children.
www.multiethniceducation.org
Interracial Family Circle
Since 1984, the Interracial Family Circle has provided opportunities for the education, support, and socialization of multiracial individuals, families, people involved in interracial relationships, and trans-racial adoptive families in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
www.interracialfamilycircle.org
Biracial Family Network
This Chicago group's mission is to establish spaces of comfort and connection among members of multiracial families, to take action against racist and discriminatory practices, and to educate people and communities about multiracial experiences.
www.bfnchicago.org
The Topaz Club (TTC)
An online-based social/support sisterhood for biracial/multiracial women and girls who are of partial African-American descent - in combination with other heritages.
www.thetopazclub.com
Mavin Foundation
The Mavin Foundation addresses the unique issues facing multiracial people. This foundation has received the President's "Points of Light" award and the "Heroes of Health Care" award.
www.mavinfoundation.org
Swirl
Swirl aims to unite the mixed community by providing support to mixed families, mixed individuals, transracial adoptees, and inter-racial/cultural couples.
www.swirlinc.org
Project RACE
Project RACE advocates for multiracial children and adults through education, community awareness and legislation (RACE = Reclassify All Children Equally).
www.projectrace.com
Honor Our New Ethnic Youth (HONEY)
This group in Eugene, Oregon hosts Loving Day celebrations, and is an affiliate member of the Association of Multi-Ethnic Americans (AMEA)
PO Box 23241 - Eugene OR 97402
EugeneHoney@aol.com
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Intermix
This UK-based site offers a view of the mixed-race experience and highlights icons, film, books, poetry, parenting techniques, celebrities, real lives and more.
www.intermix.org.uk
A Place For Us National
This group has been supporting multiracial families, individuals and transracial adoption families since 1984.
www.aplaceforusnational.com/home.html
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MeetUp: Interracial
Meetup.com helps people find others who share their interest or cause, and form lasting, influential, local community groups that regularly meet face-to-face.
MeetUp: Interracial
Interracial Couples
A meeting place to share ideas and experiences with and get to know other couples who are in interracial relationships.
Interracial Couples on Yahoo Groups
Women Who Date Interracially
A meeting place for women who enjoy relationships with men of different ethnic and racial groups.
WWDI on Yahoo Groups
Black Women Who Date Interracially
A meeting place for African-American women and women of the African Diaspora who enjoy relationships with men of different ethnic and racial groups.
BWWDI on Yahoo Groups
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Air America Radio
Mark Riley of Air America Radio talks about the 2006 Loving Day proclamation in Washington, DC.
A Day For Loving on Mark Riley's blog
Racialicious
Racialicious (formerly known as Mixed Media Watch) is a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture.
www.racialicious.com
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Wallenstein, Peter. Tell the court I love my wife: race, marriage, and law - an American history. New York: Palagrave, 2002.
Newbeck, Phyl. Virginia Hasn't Always Been For Lovers: Interracial Marriage Bans and the Case of Richard and Mildred Loving. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
Root, Maria P. P. Love's Revolution: Interracial Marriage. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001.
www.drmariaroot.com
Lewis, Elliott. Fade: My Journeys In Multiracial America. New York: Carroll and Graf, 2006.
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1967 ABC News Report on Loving Case
Watch Mr. and Mrs. Loving speak about their experiences in this incredible ABC News piece from the year of their case.
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Oyez: Supreme Court Multimedia
Download audio from the actual Loving case as an MP3.
Oyez: Loving v. Virginia
NPR - Loving Decision: 40 Years of Legal Interracial Unions
Read about the Lovings and the Loving decision. This page also includes a link to the realted radio broadcast on All Things Considered (June 11th 2007), photographs, and a graphic timeline of the Lovings' legal battle.
NPR: Loving Decision
FindLaw
FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, corporate counsel, law students, businesses, and consumers.
www.findlaw.com
Wikipedia
This free communal online encyclopedia includes articles about the Loving case and about interracial marriage.
Loving v. Virginia on Wikipedia
Interracial Marriage on Wikipedia
Loving Day on Wikipedia
Addicted to Race (podcast)
A podcast about America's obsession with race, with a specific emphasis on mixed race identity and interracial relationships.
Addicted to Race
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U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census includes statistics on race and marriage. In 2000 the U.S. Census updated their racial categories, allowing people to select more than one race for the first time.
U.S. Census Bureau website
Gateway to Census 2000
FBI Hate Crime Statistics
The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program includes a publication on Hate Crime Statistics. In 2005, race was the top motiviating factor of hoate crimes (55.7%). Religious belief was in a distant second place (16.0%).
FBI Uniform Crime Reports
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Dir. Stanley Kramer. Perf. Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn. Columbia, 1967.
Jungle Fever.
Dir. Spike Lee. Perf. Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Berry. MCA, 1991.
Mr. and Mrs. Loving.
Dir. Richard Friedenberg. Perf. Timothy Hutton, Lela Rochon. Hallmark Home Entertainment, 1996.
Sayonara.
Dir. Joshua Logan. Perf. Marlon Brando, James Garner, Miyoshi Umeki. MGM/UA Studios, 1957.
Mississippi Masala.
Dir. Mira Nair. Perf. Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury. Columbia Tristar, 1992.
*Note: South Asians and African Americans were never legally prevented from entering interracial relationships in the United States, but this film is still of interest from a mutlicultural perspective.
Anomaly.
A documentary in production that takes an insider's look at the complexity of
multiracial identity in a race-conscious society.
www.anomalythefilm.com
Something New.
Dir. Sanaa Hamri. Perf. Sanaa Lathan, Katharine Towne, Stanley DeSantis. Focus Features, 2006.
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PBS: Hardwood by Hubert Davis
The Academy Award-nominated "Hardwood" is a deeply personal filmic journey by director Hubert Davis, the son of former Harlem Globetrotter Mel Davis. Mel, now a coach for young basketball players in Vancouver, fell in love at first sight with Hubert's mother, a white woman, at a time when racism seemed to make their union impossible.
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PBS: Unforgivable Blackness - The Risse and Fall of Jack Johnson (by Ken Burns)
Jack Johnson was the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World, whose dominance over his white opponents spurred furious debates and race riots in the early 20th century. Perhaps even more troubling for white America than Johnson's dominance over his white opponents in the boxing ring were his romantic entanglements with white women.
More info on the PBS website...
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Real Kidz
Biracial dolls created in Brooklyn.
www.molloytoy.com
Fusion Program
A summer program for mixed heritage youth.
www.fusionprogram.org
Mix It Up
Greeting cards with an interracial theme.
www.mix-it-up.net
Swirl Syndicate
Clothing for multi-cultural babies and toddlers.
www.swirlsyndicate.com
Melting Pot Gifts
Cards and gifts for the interracial community, including cake toppers.
www.meltingpotgifts.com
New Demographic
This diversity training company brings a unique perspective to issues of culture, identity, race and ethnicity.
www.newdemographic.com
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