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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States}} |
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|official_name = Central Point, Virginia |
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|settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area]] |
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|image_skyline = St. Stephen's Baptist Church in Central Point, Virginia.jpg |
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|image_caption = St. Stephen's Baptist Church in Central Point |
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|map_caption = Location in Virginia |
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Virginia##Location in the contiguous United States |
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|subdivision_name = United States |
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|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |
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|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Virginia}} |
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|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Virginia|County]] |
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline]] |
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|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |
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==History== |
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Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter grew up in Central Point. He was white and she was [[Rappahannock people|Rappahannock]] and African American in ancestry, identifying as Indian (a classification the state disallowed under its binary system of "white" or "colored"). In this small community people shared their lives and work, and the couple fell in love. In 1958 they married in Washington, D.C., but returned here to live, thus violating state law against interracial marriages. They were arrested and charged, and forced to leave the state for 25 years to avoid being jailed. They moved to Washington, D.C., but challenged the law, as they wanted to go home. Their case reached the US Supreme Court, where in ''[[Loving v. Virginia]]'' (1967), the state's anti-miscegenation law was overturned for violating the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects due process and equal rights under the law.<ref>''Virginia's Central Point, "symbolic of Main Street USA,"' '''Washington Post,''' Carol Morello, February 10, 2012</ref> |
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Richard and Mildred Loving, the plaintiffs in the [[Loving v. Virginia]] case in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all laws against interracial marriage, lived in Central Point. Their community included whites, blacks, and native Americans. Such mixing was frowned upon by people, especially law enforcement, in other part of the state. They married outside the state in 1958, were charged in 1959, and won their case in 1967. |
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Latest revision as of 05:41, 23 July 2023
Central Point, Virginia | |
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 St. Stephen's Baptist Church in Central Point | |
  Central Point Location in Virginia  Central Point Location in the contiguous United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°59′20″N 77°07′56″W / 37.98889°N 77.13222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State |  Virginia |
| County | Caroline |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Central Point is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.[1]
History[edit]
Loving v. Virginia[edit]
Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter grew up in Central Point. He was white and she was Rappahannock and African American in ancestry, identifying as Indian (a classification the state disallowed under its binary system of "white" or "colored"). In this small community people shared their lives and work, and the couple fell in love. In 1958 they married in Washington, D.C., but returned here to live, thus violating state law against interracial marriages. They were arrested and charged, and forced to leave the state for 25 years to avoid being jailed. They moved to Washington, D.C., but challenged the law, as they wanted to go home. Their case reached the US Supreme Court, where in Loving v. Virginia (1967), the state's anti-miscegenation law was overturned for violating the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects due process and equal rights under the law.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Central Point, Virginia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Virginia's Central Point, "symbolic of Main Street USA,"' Washington Post, Carol Morello, February 10, 2012
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