title: Overturning anti-miscegenation laws: news media coverage of the Lovings' legal case against the state of Virginia.
abstract: This study fills a gap in scholarship by exploring historical news coverage of interracial relationships. It examines coverage by The New York Times, Washington Post and Times-Herald, and Chicago Tribune of the progression of the landmark civil rights case of Loving v. Virginia, in which the Supreme Court overturned Virginia's anti-miscegenation law, which prohibited marriage between any White and non-White person. An analysis of the frames and sources used in these publications' news stories about the case indicate all three publications' coverage favored the Lovings.
authors: The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Hoewe
authors: Geri Alumit
authors: GA
authors: Zeldes
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D033222:Judicial Role / Q000266:history; D007603:Jurisprudence / Q000266:history; D008393:Marriage / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D008402:Mass Media / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012922:Social Change / Q000266:history; D012940:Social Problems / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D014768:Virginia / Q000208:ethnology