In addition, the state of Oklahoma in 1908 banned marriage "between a person of  African descent" and "any person not of African descent"; Louisiana in 1920 ...
May 9, 2012 ... But, "in 1958, there were 16 states in this country that prohibited -- prohibited --  an African-American and a Caucasian from being married," ...
Jan 15, 2012 ... ... (D-Essex) said: "In 1958, there were 16 states in this country that prohibited —  prohibited — an African-American and a Caucasian from being married. ...  PolitiFact New Jersey discovered that Oliver's statistic is off, but the ... Two dozen  states prohibited blacks and whites from marrying each other in 1958.
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), is a landmark civil rights decision of the  United States ... In 1967, 16 states, mainly Southern, still had anti-miscegenation  laws. ... There was an ingrained history in the state of the denial of African  ancestry. ... which prohibited interracial couples from being married out of state  and then ...
In June, 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a Negro woman, and  Richard ... Shortly after their marriage, the Lovings returned to Virginia and  established their ... . -- If any white person and colored person shall go out of this  State, for the ... Virginia is now one of 16 States which prohibit and punish  marriages on the ...
In 1958, there were 16 states in this country that prohibited -- prohibited -- an African-American and a Caucasian from being married.