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Bookmark or Share- 1. Trends and patterns in intermarriage | Pew Research CenterOverall 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.
- Interracial marriages now more common, but not without challengesFifty-four years after laws banning interracial marriage were declared unconstitutional, at least 19% of new marriages in the U.S. involve spouses from different ethnic or racial groups – but...
- Loving Day: How interracial marriage became legal in the U.S. - NPR"Loving Day" celebrates the historic ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which declared unconstitutional a Virginia law prohibiting mixed-race marriage — and legalized interracial marriage in...
- Interracial marriage in the United States - WikipediaInterracial 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.
- Key facts about race and marriage in the U.S. - Pew Research CenterHere are more key findings from Pew Research Center about interracial and interethnic marriage and families on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision. A growing share of adults say interracial marriage is generally a good thing for American society.
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