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  • Date Thursday, February 6, 2025
  • Time 7:00 pm
  • Venue Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center

Legal scholars and historians discuss the history and significance of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia, which struck down bans on interracial marriage in the United States.

Panel participants will include Mary Bauer, Executive Director of ACLU-VA, Eric M. Caplan, Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Wesleyan University, Dr. Erin Chapman, Associate Professor of History at George Mason University, and is moderated by Stephen Jacques Wermiel, Professor of the Practice in Constitutional Law at American University. There will be a brief Q & A session following the discussion. Co-presented by the City of Fairfax and Center for the Arts at George Mason University. Sponsored by Altria, Virginia Commission for the Arts, the NEA, CultureWorks, and E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.

Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center
3740 Blenheim Boulevard, Fairfax, VA

Free | Registration Required

This event was created in support of the world premiere of Loving v. Virginia, a co-commission by Virginia Opera and Richmond Symphony.