San Francisco Chronicle: “Tanabe decided to build a campaign to establish June 12 as a holiday – Loving Day…events have sprung up across the country.”
Date: 06.18.08
Title: Asian Pop: Opening The Box
Press
Date: 06.12.08
NCAA: “As Tiger Woods prepares for the U.S. Open and Barack Obama readies for the general election, it seems fitting to take some time and reflect on the generation that stood up and said ‘it’s time for change.’”
Date: 06.11.08
NPR: “For the millions of mixed race couples and their families, this Loving Day is one to be particularly celebrated…personified in Barack Obama’s candidacy.”
Date: 06.11.08
Voice of America: “Today, the Loving decision is celebrated as an important victory for multi-culturalism and democracy…at the 5th annual New York City Loving Day Celebration, one of several such events around the country.”
Date: 06.11.08
NPR: “For the millions of mixed race couples and their families, this Loving Day is one to be particularly celebrated…personified in Barack Obama’s candidacy.”
Date: 05.05.08
NPR: “Even though it is in no way an official holiday, the June 12th anniversary of the Loving Decision is celebrated by many people who are in interracial marriages or are the product of interracial marriages.”
Date: 08.29.07
Vancouver Sun: “Even though interracial marriage has been legal in the United States for 40 years, there’s still a legacy of racism that exists…more often than not that legacy is subtle rather than overt.”
Date: 06.12.07
BBC: “The largest of a number of parties across the country held to celebrate the anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling. Individuals and couples of different backgrounds and cultures all brought together by the Lovings’ story. ”
Date: 06.12.07
Title: Wakeup Call: June 12, 2007
Pacifica Radio: “Today is Loving Day, even if it is unofficially, but it’s Loving Day commemorating the Supreme Court decision in the case of Loving versus Virginia.”
Date: 06.11.07
C-SPAN: Loving Day is recognized on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) with House Resolution 431 (H.Res 431)