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Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who belong to different "races" or racialized ethnicities. In the past, such marriages were outlawed in the United States, Nazi Germany and apartheid-era South Africa as miscegenation (Latin: 'mixing types').
Interracial marriage has been legal throughout the United States since at least the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court (Warren Court) decision Loving v. Virginia (1967) that held that anti-miscegenation laws were unconstitutional via the 14th Amendment adopted in 1868.
18 maj 2017 · Overall increases in intermarriage have been fueled in part by rising intermarriage rates among black newlyweds and among white newlyweds. The share of recently married blacks with a spouse of a different race or ethnicity has more than tripled, from 5% in 1980 to 18% in 2015.
13 gru 2022 · President Joe Biden has signed a same-sex marriage protection bill that is being seen as a major win for LGBT couples. The bill also marks an important turning point in the decades-long process...
11 cze 2021 · A history of interracial marriage and miscegenation laws both passed and struck down in the United States, from the 1600s to present day.
26 maj 2024 · When exploring attitudes toward interracial marriage, the divorce rate, discrimination, and other topics related to the interracial experience, previous research has focused primarily on relationships among those of Black or African American descent and those of White backgrounds.
18 maj 2017 · Intermarriages are defined as marriages between Hispanic and non-Hispanic persons, or marriages between white, black, Asian, American Indian or multiracial persons, or persons who report that they are some other race.
