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The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage
32 pp.
| Scholastic/Levine |
January, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-545-47853-3$18.99
(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.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2015