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Va. school boasts large number of multiracial students

About 6 percent of Caroline Middle School’s population is multiracial, a statistic that would not be possible without Mildred and Richard Loving, a couple from the school’s county whose Supreme Court case 45 years ago paved the way for mixed-race marriages.

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Jan. 27, 2012

From left: Jimmy Hayes Jr., Bo Hayes, Bianca Hayes and Jimmy Hayes attend a basketball game at Caroline High School. The children are part of a growing interracial demographic in Caroline County, Va. The county was once the home of Mildred and Richard Loving, who were instrumental in getting the Supreme Court to overturn the Racial Integrity Act that prohibited interracial marriage.

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Bianca Hayes snuggles her son, Jimmy, 14, while playing a game on his smartphone at Caroline High School. Bianca is white, while Jimmy's father, Jimmy Hayes Jr., is black. According to Census data, Hayes is among a growing interracial demographic in Caroline County, Va.

Jan. 27, 2012

Bianca Hayes snuggles her son, Jimmy, 14, while playing a game on his smartphone at Caroline High School. Bianca is white, while Jimmy's father, Jimmy Hayes Jr., is black. According to Census data, Hayes is among a growing interracial demographic in Caroline County, Va.

Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post

The intersection of Passing and Sparta roads in Caroline County. Some residents consider Passing Road to be symbolic of the interracial population in the area, which at one time 'passed” for white. Caroline County was once the home of Mildred and Richard Loving, who were instrumental is getting the Supreme Court in 1967 to overturn the Racial Integrity Act that prohibited interracial marriage. The Lovings are buried in a cemetery that is just to the left of the scene in this photograph.

Jan. 26, 2012

The intersection of Passing and Sparta roads in Caroline County. Some residents consider Passing Road to be symbolic of the interracial population in the area, which at one time "passed” for white. Caroline County was once the home of Mildred and Richard Loving, who were instrumental is getting the Supreme Court in 1967 to overturn the Racial Integrity Act that prohibited interracial marriage. The Lovings are buried in a cemetery that is just to the left of the scene in this photograph.

Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post

A barn on Sparta Road in mostly rural Caroline County. Caroline County was once the home of Mildred and Richard Loving, who were instrumental is getting the Supreme Court to overturn the Racial Integrity Act that prohibited interracial marriage. The couple is buried in a cemetery on this road.

Jan. 26, 2012

A barn on Sparta Road in mostly rural Caroline County. Caroline County was once the home of Mildred and Richard Loving, who were instrumental is getting the Supreme Court to overturn the Racial Integrity Act that prohibited interracial marriage. The couple is buried in a cemetery on this road.

Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post

An inscription on a monument in Bowling Green, Va., honors Mildred and Richard Loving, who were instrumental in getting the Supreme Court to overturn the Racial Integrity Act that prohibited interracial marriage.

Jan. 26, 2012

An inscription on a monument in Bowling Green, Va., honors Mildred and Richard Loving, who were instrumental in getting the Supreme Court to overturn the Racial Integrity Act that prohibited interracial marriage.

Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post

Richard P. Loving and his wife, Mildred, pose for a photo. The Lovings were married in Washington, D.C., in 1958. Upon their return to Virginia, the interracial couple was convicted under the state's law that banned mixed marriages. They eventually won a Supreme Court decision in June 1967 that overturned laws prohibiting interracial unions.

Jan. 26, 1965

Richard P. Loving and his wife, Mildred, pose for a photo. The Lovings were married in Washington, D.C., in 1958. Upon their return to Virginia, the interracial couple was convicted under the state's law that banned mixed marriages. They eventually won a Supreme Court decision in June 1967 that overturned laws prohibiting interracial unions.

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Peggy Loving Fortune, right, in a panel discussion about her parents biracial marriage that went all the way to the Supreme Court in the 1960's. Peggy is the daughter of Mildred and Richard Loving, a black woman and white man who struggled to live as a married couple in the state of Virginia where, in 1958, interracial marriage was against the law. HBO will be airing a documentary about it in February.

Jan. 17, 2012

Peggy Loving Fortune, right, in a panel discussion about her parents biracial marriage that went all the way to the Supreme Court in the 1960's. Peggy is the daughter of Mildred and Richard Loving, a black woman and white man who struggled to live as a married couple in the state of Virginia where, in 1958, interracial marriage was against the law. HBO will be airing a documentary about it in February.

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From left to right: Peggy Sidney, and Donald Loving play together.

April 1965

From left to right: Peggy Sidney, and Donald Loving play together.

Estate of Grey Villet

Mildred and Richard Loving talk as their daughter, Peggy, back center, walks behind them on the front porch of Mildred’s mother’s home in Caroline County, Va.

April 1965

Mildred and Richard Loving talk as their daughter, Peggy, back center, walks behind them on the front porch of Mildred’s mother’s home in Caroline County, Va.

Estate of Grey Villet

Richard Loving kisses his wife, Mildred, as he arrives home from work.

April 1965

Richard Loving kisses his wife, Mildred, as he arrives home from work.

Estate of Grey Villet

Richard and Mildred Loving sit in a car while celebrating Richard’s winning race at the Sumerduck Dragway in Sumerduck, Va.

April 1965

Richard and Mildred Loving sit in a car while celebrating Richard’s winning race at the Sumerduck Dragway in Sumerduck, Va.

Estate of Grey Villet

Richard and Mildred Loving with their children Peggy, Donald and Sidney in their living room.

April 1965

Richard and Mildred Loving with their children Peggy, Donald and Sidney in their living room.

Estate of Grey Villet

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