Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
by Patricia Hruby Powell
Publication Date: Jan 31, 2017
List Price: $21.99
Format: Hardcover, 260 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9781452125909
Imprint: Chronicle Books
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Parent Company: McEvoy Group
Description of Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell
From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.
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