claim: "i'm the product of a mixed marriage that would have been illegal in 12 states when i was born."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: dec 23, 2008 ... i understand that, but my perspective is also shaped by the broader political and  historical context in which i'm operating. and i've said this before -- i'm the product  of a mixed marriage that would have been illegal in 12 states when i was born.  that doesn't mean that had i been an adviser to dr. king back ...
evidence_2: jun 12, 2017 ... virginia – produced a landmark decision by the u.s. supreme court to strike  down laws in 16 states prohibiting interracial marriage. ... and case are important  to me because my father is from japan, my mother is from belgium, and i was  born in the u.s. without the lovings, i may never have been born. i'm ...
evidence_3: jun 12, 2017 ... virginia, the landmark supreme court decision that invalidated state laws  restricting interracial marriage. recently, we asked ... barb: i'm african-american  and my husband is caucasian. ... if they had researched nathan, they would  have found out that he was far more educated than they were, generally.
evidence_4: jul 17, 2014 ... as an eu member state, the uk has succeeded in maintaining its opt-out from the  eu's immigration policy towards third country nationals. ...... she has retained her  uk citizenship (born in uk to uk parents), has been married to a german for 20  years, works and pays taxes in germany and has two german ...
evidence_5: sep 30, 2011 ... while much has been written about european ancestry among african americans  what's less well known is how many americans, like me, who consider ... this  ancestor would have lived during the era of slavery and at a time and in a place  where the “rule of hypodescent” – more commonly known as the ...