interracial

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He later backed the new president's decision to support gay marriage, comparing the situation to the earlier struggle against laws in the country that had barred interracial marriage.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Father Leahy’s plan was for St. Benedict’s to be a “small, interracial school,” designed to address “the educational problems of our time,” that was “not going to shovel everyone into college.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

“Senator, my wife and I are an interracial couple, so if that case were wrongly decided I would be in big trouble,” Tung said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

In 1967, the Supreme Court declared interracial marriage legal nationwide.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

She was an elegant woman, and a political activist in her own right, a founder of Women in Action for the Prevention of Violence, an interracial Durham organization dedicated to working for peaceful integration.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson