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

Interracial same-sex couples — that is, actors playing interracial same-sex couples — appeared in insurance commercials, as a kind of knowing wink to better-attuned viewers: We’ve come a long way, baby!

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

Virginia, which overturned Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2025

On the school playground, the youngest children delighted in interracial games of tag or hopscotch or jump rope.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield