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LOVING Focus Films Rated PG-13 Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Ruth Negga, Joe

LOVING Focus Films Rated PG-13 Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton and Michael Shannon Tickets and showtimes: drafthouse.com/show/loving “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual, and cannot be infringed by the State.” - Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren Director Jeff Nichols’ LOVING tells the true story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Loving who fell in love and were married in 1958. They grew up in a small town in Virginia that was more integrated than surrounding areas in the American South. Yet it was the state of Virginia, where they were making their home and starting a family, that first jailed and then banished them for violating the state’s anti-miscegenation laws. This unassuming couple took their case to the Supreme Court with help from the ACLU, setting a precedent in a landmark civil rights case. “We have thought about other people, but we are not doing it just because somebody had to do it and we wanted to be the ones. We are doing it for us -- because we want to live here.” - Richard Loving, c. 1966 MORE INFORMATION What is the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)? The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization whose stated mission is “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.” It works through litigation, lobbying, and community empowerment. https://www.aclu.org/about-aclu Reflecting on Loving v. Virginia: https://www.aclu.org/blog/loving-reality-all What is the Fourteenth Amendment? The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person “life, liberty or property, without due process of law” or to “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” By directly mentioning the role of the states, the Fourteenth Amendment greatly expanded the protection of civil rights to all Americans and is cited in more litigation than any other amendment. https://goo.gl/8rBjE5 THE LOVING STORY Documentary (HBO) https://goo.gl/HKHNl THE LOVING STORY Teaching Guide - a detailed study guide of the Loving v. Virginia court case. https://goo.gl/2YxnFi Audio transcripts of opening arguments in Loving v. Virginia heard by the Supreme Court in April 1967. https://goo.gl/2HWUBu LIFE magazine photos and article excerpts https://goo.gl/FGbu9h uploads/Geographie/ loving-discussion-guide.pdf