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Mildred Loving dies

Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday. The AP's story is here. An essay on the signficance of Loving v. Virginia to the current conflict in the Anglican Communion is here. See, also: The Free Lance-Star. NPR Update: Rick Perlstein of the American Prospect points out that last year Loving came outin favor of same-sex marriage. read

Go in Peace, old friend…

AP: Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday…. Loving and her white husband, Richard, changed history in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their right to marry. The ruling struck down laws banning racially mixed marriages in at least 17 states. “There can be no doubt that restricting the freedom to marry solely because of racial cl read

Mildred Loving Has Died

She threw a spanner into the gears of legalized intolerance. They had married in Washington in 1958, when she was 18. Returning to their Virginia hometown, they were arrested within weeks and convicted on charges of “cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth,” according to their indictments. The couple avoided a year in jail by agreeing to a sentence mandating that they immediately leave Virginia. They moved to Washington and launched a legal challe read

Mildred Loving Has Died

She threw a spanner into the gears of legalized intolerance. They had married in Washington in 1958, when she was 18. Returning to their Virginia hometown, they were arrested within weeks and convicted on charges of “cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth,” according to their indictments. The couple avoided a year in jail by agreeing to a sentence mandating that they immediately leave Virginia. They moved to Washington and launched a legal challe read

Mildred Loving, matriarch of interracial marriage, dies

RICHMOND, Va. — Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday. Peggy Fortune said Loving, 68, died Friday at her home in rural Milford. She did not disclose the cause of death. "I want (people) to remember her as being strong and brave yet humble _ and believed in love," Fortune told The Associated Press. Loving and her white husband, Richard read

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India Sending Two Relief Ships To Cyclone-hit Myanmar (Second Lead)

India Sending Two Relief Ships To Cyclone-hit Myanmar (Second Lead) With the death toll in the Myanmar cyclone now standing at around 15,000, India has despatched two naval ships loaded with relief supplies to the cyclone-battered nation, with more relief assistance to be sent by air. Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar Friday night with winds of speed up to 190 kmph. It subsided after 10 hours Saturday morning, leaving behind large-scale devastation in several areas of Yangon and the Irrawady delta. read

La Birmanie , dans le cyclone ....

Quand les éléments se déchainent , on ne peut que subir ! C'est le drame en Birmanie ..... read

FACTBOX: Timeline of major Asian cyclones

(Reuters) - A devastating cyclone has killed 10,000 people and left 3,000 missing in army-ruled Myanmar according to provisional estimates, a diplomat said on Monday after a Myanmar government briefing on Saturday's storm. read

Cyclone Toll Rising

Cyclone Toll Rising TALK ABOUT people who did not live to see this day. Wow. This is horrible. The death toll from the devastating cyclone in Myanmar over the weekend escalated to nearly 4000 people on Monday, with thousands of others still missing and at least one entire village wiped out, state television and radio reported. —NYTimes 
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Supplies Dwindle After Deadly Cyclone Hits Myanmar

Residents of Myanmar's largest city are lining up to buy the last of the city's safe water. Instead of electricity, they're using candles — which have doubled in price. Those are some of the conditions facing survivors of a tropical cyclone. Official broadcasts say the storm killed almost 4,000 people. Thousands more are missing. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us read