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OLDER FICTION

Powell, Patricia Hruby

Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case

260 pp. | Chronicle | January, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4521-2590-9 $21.99

(2) YA Illustrated by Shadra Strickland. Alternating first-person, free-verse narratives, beginning in 1952, tell of Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving's romance, which grows into a marriage that violated Virginia's interracial marriage ban and led to the Supreme Court case in 1967. Energetic drawings capture many personal moments, while ample primary source material vividly depicts the social environment. Interviews with the Lovings' family and friends add impressive detail. Timeline. Bib.

Reviewer: Ernie Cox | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2017