The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Boynton’s victory inspired civil rights activists, known as the Freedom Riders, to travel on interstate buses in the South to test the Supreme Court’s ruling. Cohen – who first met the Lovings when he was just 29 – filed a lawsuit on their behalf, challenging the Virginia law and similar state statutes as violating the 14th Amendment.
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