Little Known Black History Fact:
Interracial marriage was banned in the United States in 1664 and not overturned until 1967. In the Loving vs. Virginia supreme court case. The supreme court ruled that prohibiting interracial marriage on state and local levels was unconstitutional; this meant that marriages between the races were legal in the country for the first time since 1664. In 2000, Alabama was the last state to officially legalize interracial marriage.