<P> The constitutionality of anti-miscegenation laws only began to be widely called into question after World War II . In 1948 , the California Supreme Court in Perez v. Sharp ruled that the Californian anti-miscegenation statute violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and was therefore unconstitutional . This was the first time since Reconstruction that a state court declared an anti-miscegenation law unconstitutional , and California was the first state since Ohio in 1887 to repeal its anti-miscegenation law . </P>
<P> The constitutionality of anti-miscegenation laws only began to be widely called into question after World War II . In 1948 , the California Supreme Court in Perez v. Sharp ruled that the Californian anti-miscegenation statute violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and was therefore unconstitutional . This was the first time since Reconstruction that a state court declared an anti-miscegenation law unconstitutional , and California was the first state since Ohio in 1887 to repeal its anti-miscegenation law . </P>
when did interracial marriage become legal in california
when did interracial marriage become legal in california
1948
1948