The Loving Story at ICP

Here is an inspiring story of a courageous and dedicated couple who stood up for their rights to be together. Richard and Mildred Loving were an interracial couple who, after getting married in Washington, D.C., returned to Virginia to find that their home state considered the legal union a crime of miscegenation (mixing races). Bound by love, Richard and Mildred boldly fought for their cause until the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia overturned the country's miscegenation laws with a unanimous ruling in their favor.

The Loving Story, now on exhibit at ICP in New York, is a collection of twenty vintage prints by LIFE magazine photographer Grey Villet. He spent two weeks with the couple, "waiting patiently for telling moments to emerge," and successfully captured the essence of the couple as a compassionate and devoted team. Richard and Mildred are a symbol of "love as an inalienable right." They believed in the strength of love, and their dedication to each other and their family is evident in these photographs.

via [ICP], [Lens]