SOCIAL SCIENCES
Alko, Selina

The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Sean Qualls & Selina Alko. Richard Loving (white) and Mildred Jeter (black) fell in love and married, then were arrested for miscegenation. Their 1967 Supreme Court case legalized interracial marriage. Alko does a mostly admirable job of shaping the story (some terms are hazy) and the legal proceedings for a young audience. The book's optimistic message and tone are reinforced by mixed-media illustrations by Alko and Qualls (themselves partners in an interracial marriage). Reading list. Bib.

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