Mildred Loving, an African-American woman whose marriage to a white man led to the landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning state miscegenation laws, died on May 2 at her home in Central Point, Va. She was 68.

As a product of an interracial couple it’s sometimes hard for me to believe that there was a time when interracial marriage was illegal and punishable with jail time. Thank you Mildred for your courage and bravery.