Loving vs. Virginia

A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case

by Patricia Hruby Powell

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Pub Date Jan 31 2017 | Archive Date Jan 01 2017

Chronicle Books

Children's Nonfiction | Teens & YA

Description

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.

Advance Praise

"In the 1950s, the law in most states didn't allow interracial marriages but Mildred and Richard Loving fought for their right to legally pledge their love to one another. Poetic, and illustrated with historical photographs and documents, this amazing novel is one of courage and hope, celebration and triumph."-Pat Scales, Children's Literature Consultant, Free Speech Advocate & Retired School Librarian

"Loving vs. Virginia shines a light on the human lives at the heart of legal struggles. By pairing primary source material with poems depicting moments and emotions in the lives of individual people, Powell creates an historical account that's richer than a textbook version could ever be."-Jennifer Buehler, Ph.D., President of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE

"In the 1950s, the law in most states didn't allow interracial marriages but Mildred and Richard Loving fought for their right to legally pledge their love to one another. Poetic, and illustrated...

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