June 12
Loving v. Virginia
On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute violated the 14th Amendment, invalidating similar laws in 15 other states.
Loving v. Virginia Decision
On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage violated the 14th Amendment. Richard and Mildred Loving, a white man and Black woman married in Washington D.C., had been arrested in Virginia. The decision invalidated anti-miscegenation laws in 16 states.
Medgar Evers Assassinated
On June 12, 1963, NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers was shot in the back by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Evers had been leading voter registration drives and investigating racial violence. His killer was not convicted until 1994, over 30 years later.