Mildred Bond and the Great Migration : A Remarkable Family Woman

Since the foundation in 1829, for future generations, Decatur Illinois is a medium-sized, working middle-class town working dedicated to the value of family and diligence. "When I moved here, Decatur was a very wealthy place to grow my family," My grandmother Mildred explained. Grandma Mildred was born in Mildred Rigon, Brownsville, Tennessee on October 5, 1936. Until November 10, 1955, Mildred who graduated from a 19-year-old high school and her husband Albert Lee went to Decatur to the north to find better job opportunities and start a new generation of love.

Richard Loving, a white construction worker in Caroline County, Virginia, fell in love with local black women and family friends Mildred Jeter. Mildred decided to get married after pregnancy, but I knew that racial marriage violated Virginia state anti - racial discrimination law. Richard plans to build a house less than a mile for Mildred. Immediately after her house, a sheriff's agent raided Mildred's house and arrested his sweetheart. When Richard pointed out the marriage certificate, Sharif Brooks easily told him that the Virginia had no effect, and sentenced them both. They convicted guilty of breaching anti - racial discrimination law and were sentenced to 1 year imprisonment. However, the judge postponed the ruling on condition that he could not return to Virginia for at least 25 years. Lover moved to Washington to live with friends of Mildred

After marrying in Washington DC in 1958, Richard and Mildred Rowen returned to their hometown of Caroline County, Virginia, built their families and built their families. Richard was white, Mildred was black, and the state racial integrity bill was passed in 1924 and a criminalized interracial marriage took place, so their combination was a criminal offense in Virginia. On January 6, 1959, Ravings admitted guilty to both charges. As long as the couple has been leaving Virginia for 25 years, the judges agreed to be sentenced to one year imprisonment. Prior to giving a verdict, Judge Leon Bazile condemned the marriage of the loved one and declared that God decided to put the race on a different continent. And it showed that the intention of God is to avoid marriage.