{"product_id":"the-case-for-loving-sean-qualls-9780545478533","title":"The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage","description":"\"I support the freedom to marry for all. That's what Loving, and loving, are all about.\" -- Mildred Loving, June 12, 2007\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor most children these days it would come as a great shock to know that before 1967, they could not marry a person of a race different from their own. That was the year that the Supreme Court issued its decision in Loving v. Virginia.This is the story of one brave family: Mildred Loving, Richard Perry Loving, and their three children. It is the story of how Mildred and Richard fell in love, and got married in Washington, D.C. But when they moved back to their hometown in Virginia, they were arrested (in dramatic fashion) for violating that state's laws against interracial marriage. The Lovings refused to allow their children to get the message that their parents' love was wrong and so they fought the unfair law, taking their case all the way to the Supreme Court - and won!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Selina Alko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0545478537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780545478533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur A. Levine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 8.70w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e171643 \/ Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015 pg. 152 - Superior,Well Above Average\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Picture Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2015 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Children's Starred Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2015 pg. 44","brand":"Selina Alko","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051342393599,"sku":"9780545478533","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2702afdf-ccf0-48ca-9dbe-dc6e9cc6acf1.jpg?v=1685012519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-case-for-loving-sean-qualls-9780545478533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}