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The Case for Loving
by Selina Alko
Illustrator: Sean Qualls
Ages: 6+
Published: 2015
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-0-545-47853-3
Keywords: Civil rights, Race, Diversity, Supreme Court decisions
In the 1960s, the Lovings successfully challenged the Virginia law that made their interracial marriage a crime. Subdued mixed-media illustrations.