Loving Day Culture/religion: National observance Date: June 12 Loving Day is a national recognition of the June 12, 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia finding anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional, thereby removing 16 state bans on interracial marriage. Loving v. Virginia centered around Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving who married in 1958 in … [Read more...] about Cultural and religious observances – June 6-12, 2022
LGBTQ Pride Month Culture/religion: National observance Date: June LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated annually in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. In June 1969, patron and supporters of the Stonewall Inn staged an uprising to resist police harassment and persecution of members of the LGBTQ community. This was the beginning of a … [Read more...] about Cultural and religious observances – June 7-13, 2021