Did interracial couples start becoming more common in the 60's?
Like whites and blacks dating or marrying.
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eMortal · M
According to Gemini, based on Pew Research,
Interracial marriage rates in the United States have increased steadily since 1967, when the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that anti-miscegenation laws were unconstitutional:
1960: 0.4% of marriages were interracial, not including Hispanics as a separate category
1967: 3% of newlyweds were interracial
1980: 7% of newlyweds were interracial
1990: 2.9% of marriages were interracial
1998: 5% of married couples were interracial
2015: 17% of newlyweds and one in ten married people were interracial
Interracial marriage rates in the United States have increased steadily since 1967, when the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that anti-miscegenation laws were unconstitutional:
1960: 0.4% of marriages were interracial, not including Hispanics as a separate category
1967: 3% of newlyweds were interracial
1980: 7% of newlyweds were interracial
1990: 2.9% of marriages were interracial
1998: 5% of married couples were interracial
2015: 17% of newlyweds and one in ten married people were interracial
