Sep 27th, 2008 · Two popular movies are making audiences squirm. Towelhead addresses cultural tensions in the story of an Arab-American girl blossoming into womanhood, and Lakeview Terrace is about a cop who is wary of the interracial couple who just moved onto his block. Film critic Desson Thomson talks with Scott Simon about movies with uncomfortable subject matter.
Aug 8th, 2008 · For more than three decades, the Code applied rigid moral scrutiny to films, banning everything from interracial dating to "lustful kissing." It died officially in 1968 — but in practice, it was always taking hits.
Jul 23rd, 2008 · Janis Ian wrote Society's Child, a song about an interracial couple in the 1960s when she was 15 years old, a song that she says everyone hated her for. In a new memoir, Ian recounts her life as an activist and musician.
Jun 28th, 2008 · Alvin and Omelia Garner were among the first interracial couples to be legally married in North Carolina. Last weekend, they celebrated their 40th anniversary with the wedding they have always wanted.
Jun 12th, 2008 · June 12 is celebrated by many interracial couples and families as "Loving Day." It's the day in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the laws banning interracial marriage. The day is named for the couple who brought the case to court, Richard and Mildred Loving.
Jun 11th, 2008 · With a nudge and a check from local resident Morgan Freeman, the high school in Charleston, Miss., held integrated its prom this year for the first time ever. One student reports that everyone had a ball, surprising themselves and the community.
May 5th, 2008 · Mildred Loving, a black woman who married a white man in 1958, when interracial unions were banned in Virginia, died last week. The couple's case made it to the Supreme Court, which overturned the Virginia ban in 1967.
Jun 11th, 2007 · On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage in the landmark Loving v. Virginia ruling. A lawyer who argued the case remembers the couple at its heart, and an interracial couple in Virginia reflects on their life today.