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Loving Story Documentary this Tuesday on HBO

Be sure to check out “The Loving Story” documentary on HBO this Tuesday at 9pm EST.

The documentary details the true story of Mildred and Richard Loving and their fight to stay married as an interracial couple and through their fight made it legal for interracial marriage throughout the country via the Supreme Court (Loving v. Virginia). :)

Check out the preview video and be sure to watch this Tuesday at 9pm EST on HBO!

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Mildred Loving (Anniversary Week Rewind)

Jay’s Note: Without the Lovings, how many of us would even be here? :)

Originally Featured: July 19, 2011

(African-American, Native American (Rappahannock & Cherokee tribes)) [American]

Known as: Mildred and her husband (Richard Loving) were the couple behind the US Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia (1967), which finally made interracial marriage legal throughout the United States.

More Information: New York Times: Mildred Loving’s obituary, The Color of Love: Mildred, Mildred and Richard Loving’s Wikipedia page, LovingDay.org

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Kip Fulbeck’s “The Hapa Project” in NYC on 12/8

If you’re in the New York City area next Thursday, be sure to check out “The Hapa Project: A Discussion with Kip Fulbeck”. Check out the press release below and RSVP today! :)

Loving Day is proud to co-sponsor “The Hapa Project: A Discussion with Kip Fulbeck” at the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City. The event is free, but your RSVP is required. Full event info is below. Please spread the word! Thanks, and we hope to see you there….

What: The Hapa Project: A Discussion with Kip Fulbeck

When: Thursday 12/08/2011, 6:30-8:30pm

Where: Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street, New York, NY

Map: http://g.co/maps/m98hk

RSVP REQUIRED: programs@mocanyc.org

Event page: http://lovingday.org/events-all-year/hapa-project-discussion-kip-fulbeck

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/291676694200673/

Join a discussion about what it means to be Hapa. Once a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for “half,” Hapa has since been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed racial heritage includes Asian or Pacific Island descent. Kip Fulbeck photographed more than 1,200 people from all walks of life who identify as Hapa - from babies to adults, construction workers to rock stars, engineers to comic book artists. The project is featured as a part of MOCA’s core exhibition, With A Single Step: Stories in the Making of America.

Join Kip Fulbeck in conversation with Ken Tanabe, founder of Loving Day, a global movement for a new holiday to celebrate the anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage in the United States, in this program co-sponsored by Brooklyn Historical Society and MOCA. Loving Day fights racial prejudice through education and builds multicultural community. This event is free and open to the public, thanks in part to Target’s Free Thursday program at MOCA.

This event is part of the Brooklyn Historical Society’s Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations, a public programming series and oral history project about mixed-heritage families, race, ethnicity, culture, and identity, infused with historical perspective. This project is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Humanities, New York Council for the Humanities, Two Trees Management, Brooklyn Brewery, Sweet ‘N Low Division of Cumberland Packing, Con Edison, and FHL Bank San Francisco.