when was interracial marriage legalized

Interracial marriage was legalized throughout the United States on June 12, 1967, following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case Loving v. Virginia. The Court ruled that state laws banning interracial marriage, known as anti-miscegenation laws, were unconstitutional because they violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the 14th Amendment. This landmark ruling made laws prohibiting interracial marriage unenforceable in all 50 states. The decision was unanimous and authored by Chief Justice Earl Warren, who stated that the freedom to marry a person of another race is a fundamental right that cannot be infringed by the state.