<P> Interracial marriage is a form of exogamy that involves a marriage between spouses who belong to different races . It was historically a taboo in the United States of America and outlawed in South Africa . It was formally declared legal in the United States in 1967 when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the case Loving v. Virginia that race - based restrictions on the set of individuals whom an individual is eligible to marry violate the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution . </P>
<P> Interracial marriage is a form of exogamy that involves a marriage between spouses who belong to different races . It was historically a taboo in the United States of America and outlawed in South Africa . It was formally declared legal in the United States in 1967 when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the case Loving v. Virginia that race - based restrictions on the set of individuals whom an individual is eligible to marry violate the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution . </P>
when did interracial marriage become legal in the united states
when did interracial marriage become legal in the united states
1967
1967