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The Washington Post
Before the Lovings, another interracial couple fought to marry
3 minutes Posted Feb 14, 2019 at 12:00 am.
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The Kinneys married in Washington, D.C., in 1874. Then, they were arrested back home in Virginia for violating the state’s laws. They fought the ruling in higher and higher courts but never won the right to stay married in their home state.